Comments | sqauretoedsista: hospital food by sherman alexie

sqauretoedsista

hospital food by sherman alexie

May 23, 2006 01:17

this was the prose poem i found as a sophomore in high school that really woke up my poetic senses for the first time that i can remember ( Read more... )

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phydeaux7 May 24 2006, 02:14:06 UTC

Was this in a compilation of some sort? If so, what was it? I've read a little bit of his stuff in the ENGL 102 textbook, but I obviously haven't read enough :)

sqauretoedsista May 24 2006, 15:08:57 UTC

this was in "Old Shirts & New Skins" which is a collection of his poetry. I think Sherman Alexie is the best god damn Native American writer in the world

phydeaux7 May 25 2006, 01:05:19 UTC

Dig. I'm gonna check it out. I'm itching for some good prose and novels, 'specially 'cause I haven't been reading much for the last year or so.

By the way, did you ever get through "Hegemony or Survival"? What'd you think of it?

sqauretoedsista May 25 2006, 16:22:37 UTC

nah dude. it's still on my shelf. i'm intimidated by it and haven't read more than a couple pages.

and getting back to reading when you're stuck where you are sounds like a great idea. between the public library systems and pima and the uofa you've got access to a million great books. the book list i typed into my myspace profile are all the books i would recommend if you're looking for other suggestions.

i started "middlesex" last night. it's by the dude who wrote the "virgin suicides" and it's really good but thick as fuck. i haven't read a book this long since "almanac of the dead" by leslie marmon silko when i was 16 or 17 (which i highly recommend)...well, "one hundred years of solitude" was long and amazing too and i just got around to that one like a year or two ago....