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Sherman's new book, War Dances, is now available at local bookstores. Check the calendar for the book tour schedule.

You can find the title story in the 8/10/09 print and online editions of The New Yorker.

Read recent reviews: Seattle Times; Seattle Weekly; BookPage and Boulder Weekly.

Check out the latest interviews: WHYY - "Radio Times"; WNYC - "The Leonard Lopate Show"; New York Times; LA Times; Native American Calling,10/13; WPR.org; Mother Jones; OPB - "Think Out Loud"; KUOW.org; Willamette Week; The Oregonian; South Coast Today.

Absolutely True Diary has been shortlisted for the Silver Inky in Australia’s only teenage choice awards. If you are under 20 years old, you can vote for the book to win this award. You can live anywhere in the world to participate. Voting closes on November 20th. VOTE HERE!

Sherman received the Mason Award on September 22nd at the George Mason University Fall for the Book Festival.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian received Sweden's 2009 Peter Pan Award.

Face was the top selling poetry book in May and June 2009 as well as March and April 2009, listed on the Small Press Distribution website.

The Best American Poetry website has a review of Face - July 6, 2009.

"Requiem for a Pay Phone," A Sherman Alexie Fibonacci sequence poem, is featured in Shampoo #36.

Sherman's poem, "Scarlet," from issue #30 of Rattle is available online.

Sherman was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio about his new book of poetry, Face, on June 26th. You can download the audio file from the archives.

True Diary faces controversy in Illinois high school: www.chicagotribune.com.

Sherman has a new poem in The New Yorker's June 8th issue.

Publishers Weekly gives Face a starred review in the May 18th issue.

Harpers magazine includes a short piece by Sherman, "Green World," in the Forum section of the June 2009 issue.

more news

Shane Battier will be running for U.S. President someday: espn.go.com

- posted 11 20 09

The Onion!

Thank you, Kate Harding: salon.com.

- posted 10 2 09

A great friend of mine, Jess Walter, has a new novel out, The Financial Lives of the Poets, and it is great. It's getting stellar reviews everywhere. It's a funny and sad take on the current economic climate. Buy it now.

- posted 9 15 09

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