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Sherman Alexie on Children's Books and the Elusive Apology to Native Americans

Portrait of writer Sherman Alexie at the Wordstock literary festival on 11th October 2009 in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Sherman Alexie, poet, performer, and author of the National Book Award-winning The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, talks about his first picture book for children: Thunder Boy Jr. (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2016).

→ Hear more: Sherman Alexie will be reading, along with Edwidge Danticat, Marsha Stephanie Blake, and other authors, for Selected Shorts. It'll take place at Symphony Space on Wednesday, May 11th at 7:30pm. Click here for tickets and details.

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