Sherman Alexie: War Dances October 8, 2009

Berkeley Arts & Letters and KPFA Radio
presents

SHERMAN ALEXIE
Winner of the National Book Award
Welcome & introduction by Gregg McVicar & Lakota Harden of KPFA's Bay Native Circle
"War Dances"

$12 advance tickets at independent bookstores
or brownpapertickets.com or 800-838-3006 ($15 door)
Information: www.kpfa.org KPFA benefit

Sherman Alexie - novelist, poet, filmmaker and National Book Award winner (for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian) - is also a master of the short story. Since The Business of Fancy Dancing was published in 1991, each of his collections has been highly acclaimed. The author of Smoke Signals, Indian Killer, Reservation Blues, Flight, The Toughest Indian In the World and other terrific books has never been more potent than in this, his first new collection since the celebrated Ten Little Indians, Alexie once again propels his "literary reputation as a bold writer who goes straight for the aorta," (The New York Times). War Dances is a diverse, tender, witty and soulful collection of stories and poems in which Alexie considers modern relationships from a multitude of angles.

With exceptional insight into the minds of artists, laborers, fathers, husbands, and sons, Alexie describes ordinary men on the brink of exceptional change. Brazen and wise, humorous and passionate, War Dances takes us to the heart of what it means to be human. The new beginnings, successes, mistakes, and regrets that make up our daily lives are laid bare in this wide-ranging and provocative new work. This is a master at the height of his powers.

$12 advance, $15 door.

Official Website: http://berkeleyarts.org