![]() ![]() But his words about romantic love simply fall flat for me now. ![]() ![]() It breaks my heart that Alexie has harmed women writers, abusing his literary power to coerce women to sleep with him or give him sexual favors. I also fully admit that it is harder for me to read Alexie's work now, in light of the sexual misconduct that surfaced in 2018 amidst the #MeToo movement. I enjoyed Alexie's short story collection, "Ten Little Indians" (2004), and his memoir, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (2017), a lot more than this work. I also fully admit that it is harder for me to read Alexie's work now, in light of the sexual misconduct th Published in 1993, "First Indian on the Moon," by Sherman Alexie, is a collection of prose poems/short stories and poetry about childhood, poverty, alcoholism, interracial dating, love, sobriety, racism, and Native American identity. Published in 1993, "First Indian on the Moon," by Sherman Alexie, is a collection of prose poems/short stories and poetry about childhood, poverty, alcoholism, interracial dating, love, sobriety, racism, and Native American identity. Freaks, I Would Steal Horses, All I Wanted to Do Was Dance. I like the following pieces just because: Tiny Treaties ("because I don't want to know the truth") I like the following pieces because of their final lines: Year of the Indian, Fire Storm, Family Cookbook I like the following pieces because of their form: The way/he creates unique forms/on the page/the lines centered/or justified/or separated/with slashes./But then/he creates/beauty/out of fry bread/and Pepsi/and basketball/and alcohol/and I turn/the page/one more/time. I like the following pieces because of their final lines: -Tiny Treaties ("because I don't want to know the truth") -Split De Sometimes I like the following pieces because of their form: -Year of the Indian, Fire Storm, Family Cookbook 2. Sometimes I wonder if Sherman Alexie is just messing with me the way/he creates unique forms/on the page/the lines centered/or justified/or separated/with slashes./But then/he creates/beauty/out of fry bread/and Pepsi/and basketball/and alcohol/and I turn/the page/one more/time. ![]()
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