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

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 11, 2016

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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