Sherman Alexie

Readings by Sherman Alexie, Tina Chang, Toi Derricotte, Michael Dickman, Timothy Donnelly, Cornelius Eady, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Nick Flynn, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Marie Howe, Dante Micheaux, Sharon Olds and Tracy K. Smith, with musical interludes by mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran.

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie

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PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING ONLINE BOOK PURCHASES FOR PICKUP AT TONIGHT'S Sherman Alexie EVENT. IF YOU ORDER A BOOK AFTER NOON MOUNTAIN TIME, IT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP AT TONIGHT'S EVENT. BOOKS WILL BE FOR SALE AT TONIGHT'S EVENT AT WOODWARD HALL.

Bookworks and the UNM Creative Writing Department are very pleased to welcome Sherman Alexie back to Albuquerque on Wednesday, November 14 at 7 p.m. The event will be held at Woodward Hall on the UNM Campus.

This event is FREE and open to the public. No ticket is required for free admission to the event. However, Bookworks will offer priority seating to persons pre-ordering Sherman's book from the Bookworks website, or in-store. No ticket will be issued - customers will simply need to show their purchase receipt from Bookworks (in-store or online) to access the priority seating area. One book purchase will admit two people into priority seating; if you have a larger group of people wishing to sit together, you will need to purchase enough books to access priority seating for your entire party. Customers in the priority seating area will also have priority placement in the book-signing line after the event.

Please see below for information about Sherman's new book, including the purchase price. The book will release on October 2, 2012 but customers may pre-order the book in-store and through our website now. Internet or in-store pre-orders will not be available for store pickup or delivery to your home until after the book's release date, October 2, 2012. There are no exceptions to this as per signed agreement with the publisher, we cannot sell the book before the release date.

Priority seating for the event will begin at 6:30. General seating will begin at 6:45.

Please email events@bkwrks.com with any questions.

About the book:

Sherman Alexie

Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories

Grove/Atlantic, $27.00

Sherman Alexie’s 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, versatile, funny, and outrageous Alexie showcases all his talents in his newest collection, Blasphemy, where he unites fifteen beloved classics with fifteen new stories in one sweeping anthology for devoted fans and first-time readers. Included here are some of his most esteemed tales, including “What You Pawn I Will Redeem," “This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona,” “The Toughest Indian in the World,” and “War Dances.” Alexie’s new stories are fresh and quintessential—about donkey basketball leagues, lethal wind turbines, the reservation, marriage, and all species of contemporary American warriors. An indispensable collection of new and classic stories, Blasphemy reminds us, on every thrilling page, why Sherman Alexie is one of our greatest contemporary writers and a true master of the short story.

Location: Street: 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW City: Albuquerque, Province: New Mexico Postal Code: 87107-3157 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

VILLAGE BOOKS IS SOLD OUT OF TICKETS FOR Sherman Alexie. Village Books & the Lummi Youth Academy are pleased to host author Sherman Alexie at the Bellingham High School Theater for his new book Blasphemy: New & Selected Stories. Tickets are $5 and are available at Village Books and BrownPaperTickets.com. Doors open at 6:15pm; you must be seated by 6:50pm, as seats will be released at that time. Sherman will begin promptly at 7pm. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Lummi Youth Academy.

Sherman Alexie's 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, versatile, funny, and outrageous Alexie showcases all his talents in his newest collection, Blasphemy, where he unites fifteen beloved classics with fifteen new stories in one sweeping anthology for devoted fans and first-time readers. An indispensable collection of new and classic stories, Blasphemy reminds us, on every thrilling page, why Sherman Alexie is one of our greatest contemporary writers and a true master of the short story.

Sherman Alexie's poems, fiction, essays and films have won him an international following since his first book, The Business of Fancydancing, was published in 1992. Smoke signals, the film he adapted from one of his short stories and co-produced, enlarged his audience still further. Alexie's awards include the Stranger Genius Award in Literature, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature in Fiction, and the National Book Award for Young People's Literature as well as honors and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Foundation, and a citation as "One of 20 Best American Novelists Under the Age of 40" from Granta magazine. An enrolled Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, Alexie lives in Seattle with his wife and sons.

Location: Street: 2020 Cornwall Ave. Additional: Bellingham High School Theater City: Bellingham, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98225 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Come join us as we welcome our hometown author who has become a national celebrity. Bestselling author Sherman Alexie shares his dynamic and entertaining point of view as he introduces his latest work of fiction, Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories, due for release Oct. 2. Purchase one Alexie book to receive one ticket for admission. Doors open 6:45 p.m. at North Central High School, 1600 N. Howard St., Spokane WA.

Location: Street: North Central High School Additional: 1600 N. Howard City: Spokane, Province: Washington Postal Code: 99205 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Sherman Alexie

signs his new book Blasphemy

Wednesday, October 3rd, 5 pm

at Pegasus Books Downtown

2349 Shattuck Avenue You're invited to hang out with poet, writer, filmmaker and occasional comedian funny, friendly, opinionated Sherman Alexie. He'll be signing copies of his newest collection of short stories, Blasphemy.

Location: Street: Pegasus Books Downtown Additional: 2349 Shattuck Avenue City: Berkeley, Province: California Postal Code: 94704 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)