Sherman Alexies stature as a writer of stories, poems, and novels has soared over the course of his twenty-book, twenty-year career. His wide-ranging, acclaimed stories from the last two decades, from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven to his most recent PEN/Faulkner award-winning War Dances, have established him as a star in modern literature.A bold and irreverent observer of life among Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest, the daring,...

From the publisher. Set in Arizona, Smoke Signals is the story of two Native American boys on a journey. Victor is the stoic, handsome son of an alcoholic father who has abandoned his family. Thomas is a gregarious, goofy young man who lost both his parents in a fire at a very young age. Through storytelling, Thomas makes every effort to connect with the people around him; Victor, in contrast, uses his quiet countenance to gain strength and confidence....

Collection of poems revealing the spirit of North American Indian attitudes on life, love, and other experiences.

A collection of poems by contemporary Native-American writer Sherman Alexie.

Depicts two young Native Americans, Victor and Thomas, who leave their small town to retrieve the remains of Victor's father.

In his darkly comic short story collection, the author brilliantly weaves memory, fantasy, and stark realism to paint a complex, grimly ironic portrait of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation.