Content tagged with Sherman Alexie:

The award winning author Sherman Alexie is famous for his screenplays, novels and short stories about being Indian in the U.S.A. today. In this interview he tells about his health problem as a child, life on the reservation, how alcoholism touched his family and the decision that would change his his life forever: Leaving his reservation. Why do you think he had to leave?

Pre-reading activity: Growing up in poverty means that you may go hungry, and that sleep is the only thing you have for dinner.  What do you think is the worst thing about being poor?