How do we forgive our fathers? How do we forgive them for what they did, for what they didn't do? How do we watch the water cascade over, over?
If I were asked to nominate an American for the Nobel Prize in Literature I would without hesitation endorse Sherman Alexie. Smoke Signals is a proudly all-Indian affair and it moves. It also highlights Indian humor. That the sterotype of the sullen Indian persists in the face of FBI: Fry Bread Inspector tees boggles. Here we are treated to John Waynes Teeth he he.
Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven, poetry from the Coeur d'Alene reservation, the main inspiration for this film, remains his masterpiece amid a wealth of poetry and novels such as Reservation Blues and the Newberry winner True Confessions of a Part-time Indian.
If I were asked to nominate an American for the Nobel Prize in Literature I would without hesitation endorse Sherman Alexie. Smoke Signals is a proudly all-Indian affair and it moves. It also highlights Indian humor. That the sterotype of the sullen Indian persists in the face of FBI: Fry Bread Inspector tees boggles. Here we are treated to John Waynes Teeth he he.
Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven, poetry from the Coeur d'Alene reservation, the main inspiration for this film, remains his masterpiece amid a wealth of poetry and novels such as Reservation Blues and the Newberry winner True Confessions of a Part-time Indian.
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