Four of Sherman's books of poetry are listed in the top five Small Press Distribution's best selling poetry books for 2000-2009, and Face is SPD's best selling poetry book of 2009.

Sherman's poem, "Monosonnet for Colonialism, Interrupted" is included in Redivder's latest issue, volume 7, issue one.

Sherman's latest poetry collection, Face, was the 10th best selling poetry book of 2009.

Sherman, Sam Anderson, Bethlehem Shoals, Jonathan Lethem, Tommy Craggs & Ben Mathis-Lilley discuss Bill Simmons and The Book of Basketball on the New York Magazine's website.

Sherman's poem "The Shaman of Ice Cream" is included in the winter 2010 issue of The Cincinnati Review, vol. 6.2.

"Two Women, Drinking," a new poem, appears in issue number 8 of the literary journal ecotone.

The Gettysburg Review, winter 2009 issue, includes Sherman's poem "Testimony."

Watch Sherman's recent appearance on the Colbert Report.

Sherman reads from Face on PBS NewsHour.

The summer 2009 issue of New Madrid includes "Invisible Dog on a Leash, a story-poem by Sherman.

Sherman's most recent book, War Dances, a collection of stories and poems, is available at local bookstores. 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.

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.

Failbetter.com has an interview with Sherman about writing poetry, and more.

You can read more Sherman poems published at Superstition Review.

2009 Indies Choice Book Award Winners include Sherman, who was selected as Most Engaging Author.

A new Sherman poem is posted at Unsplendid 2.2.

Sherman's poem, "Missed Connections," is featured on Verse Daily.

Listen to the interview and call-in program with Sherman that was recorded for KUOW's Weekday on Tuesday, April 13th, 2009.

True Diary is now available in paperback.

Check out two new Sherman poems in La Petite Zine.

Poemeleon features a new poem by Sherman.

The February 17th issue of The Stranger includes a Fibonacci sequence poem by Sherman.

The audio version of True Diary wins the 2009 Odyssey Award.

Mudlark Flash No. 48 features a new Sherman Alexie poem.

March was Small Press Month, and Sherman was the face of this year's campaign.

Sherman is quoted in this blog by Timothy Egan about what Obama's inauguration means to Indian Country: "Return of the Natives."

You can find new Sherman Alexie poems in the winter edition of Front Porch 9.

Melita Marie Garza quotes Sherman in her article, "Blacks, Hispanics Are Rare Heroes With Newbery Kids Books Medal," on Bloomberg.com.

Sherman wrote the introduction to P.F. Kluge's novel, Eddie and The Cruisers. The book that inspired the movies is in paperback for the first time.

Henry Alford's New York Times essay, "You Never Know What You'll Find in a Book," has a quote from Sherman.

Sadie Magazine features an interview with Sherman in the Winter 09 issue.

True Diary was banned in an Oregon school. Read more about this story in the Bend Bulletin.

Visit First Book and select Sherman from the Celebrity Favorites drop-down menu to find out the first book that got Sherman hooked on reading.

Paste magazine picks True Diary as one of the best books of 2008.

Sherman on the Colbert Report - original air date 10/28/08.





Sherman and others weigh in on the new presidential era on Salon.com.

Sherman is quoted in this Sports Illustrated article, Point After, by Chris Ballard.

You can find two new Sherman Alexie poems posted in September 08 on failbetter.com.

The Absolutely True Diary wins another award. Sherman received a 2008 Washington Book Award - the Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award for middle grades and young adults. The award ceremony took place on October 22nd. Read more in the Seattle Times.

Sherman received the 2008 Stranger Genius Award in literature in Seattle on September 13th.

Sherman and Charles Burnett present a Milestone Film release of The Exiles, directed by Kent Mackenzie. Sherman will present the film at various film festivals - see calendar page for schedule. Sherman and Charles are interviewed on The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC. Here are some reviews: The New Yorker (7/7/08); The New York Times (7/6/08); Los Angeles Times (7/6/08); The Village Voice (7/7/08); The House Next Door (7/10/08); Salon.com (7/10/8); The Indypendent (7/23/08); Los Angeles Times (8/15/08). Listen to the the interview with Sherman, Charles, and Yvonne Walker Williams on NPR's "Tell Me More" on August 21st.

Sherman wins the 2008 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children’s Literature in Fiction. Read more on the Horn Book Web site. - 6/18/08

Sherman won the 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Watch his acceptance speech on the NBA Web site. Watch a clip on the New York Times Web site. Read the stories in The Seattle P-I (11/14/07), The Seattle Times (11/14/07), The New York Times (11/15/07), and Publishers Weekly (11/15/07). See the True Diary page for a complete list of awards.

Interview / Essay by Margo Rabb in The New York Times Book Review: "I'm Y.A., and I'm O.K." - 7/20/08

KCTS Channel 9 in Seattle aired this interview with Sherman on July 11, 2008.
Conversations with Enrique Cerna




Sherman and the Sonics: Watch TV media coverage on NWCN Web site. Read more in the at seattlepi.com, thetribunenews.com and kirotv.com. Read Sherman's column Sonics Death March in The Stranger. (Note: Scroll down for column archive.) - 6/19/08

The Guardian in the UK has an interview with Sherman. - 5/3/08

Sherman appeared on a Publishers Weekly panel in NYC - Think Future - which discussed young adult fiction. Read more in Publishers Weekly. - 4/30/2008

The Seattle Times Pacific NW Magazine ran a story called Radioactive Remains | The forgotten story of the Northwest's only uranium mines, by Warren Cornwall, which quotes Sherman throughout. - 2/24/08

The Spokesman Review has a story on the public art near Spokane Falls inspired by Sherman's poem, "That Place Where Ghosts of Salmon Jump." - 2/7/08

Sherman won a 2008 PNBA Book Award for True Diary, which was also selected as one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year and one of The New York Times Notable Books of the year. The book also received the 2008 Book Sense of the Year Children's Literature Honor Book award. See the True Diary page for a complete list of awards.

True Diary is available as an audio book, narrated by Sherman, and produced by Recorded Books, LLC. Visit the True Diary page for reviews and to hear an audio file of Sherman reading from the book.

Neko Case mentions Sherman in an interview - Neko Case: Perfect Pitch

On May 12, 2007 Sherman was on Weekend America's week in events program again. It's archived online: Good News, Bad News, No News.

Sherman was on the Tavis Smiley show on PBS, Friday, April 27, 2007. The interview transcript is archived online.

Interview in the Spokane Inlander; 4/18/07.

The April 11, 2007 edition of Talk of the Nation includes an interview of Sherman about Flight. Listen to the interview archived online.

Sherman was on public radio's Weekday on March 29, 2007. You can hear an audio stream of his interview on the Web site.

On March 24, 2007, Sherman was a guest on Weekend America's Good News, Bad News, No News. You can listen to the audio archived online.

LA Weekly article on American Indian cinema, includes mention of Smoke Signals.

Sherman's top ten favorite books are listed in the The Seattle Times, promoting a new book "The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books." There is also a screen saver you can download.

Seattle's weekly, The Stranger, has an essay by Sherman, "Net Profit," in the November 9, 2006 issue.

Sherman introduces poet Santee Frazier in the most winter 06 publication of American Poet.

Seattle's KOMO TV interviewed Sherman about his experience with hydrocephalus. The story and clip from the interview are available online.

Sherman has a new poem, "Snake," in the fall 2006 issue of Zyzzyva, XXII, 2.

In May 2006 the City of Seattle dedicated a new work of public art that includes an excerpt from Indian Killer.See Road Trips for details.

Sherman was in New Zealand and Australia for book festivals in spring 2006. The New Zealand Listener has a great interview with Sherman from the festival posted to its Web site.

Sherman has a new essay, "My Encounters with the Homeless People of the Pacific Northwest," in the Fall 2006 Willow Springs journal, #58.

Yakama Indian poet, Earle Thompson, passed away in June, and Real Change News of Seattle asked Sherman to write a memorial for him. Sherman wrote the introduction to Earle's poetry chapbook, published by Real Change last year.

Sherman wrote the foreword for a new collection of essays and stories by Seattle high school students, It's Not Always Happily Ever After. The book is available at 826 Seattle, the nonprofit tutoring center, and Santoro's Books. All proceeds go to the center. The Seattle Times article about the book launch includes excerpts from the book.

An interview with Sherman is on the Seattle Channel. For broadcast schedule, or online video, please see Web site.

Sherman has two poems in the new anthology, Líneas conectadas: Nueva poesía de los Estados Unidos, a bilingual poetry anthology celebrating Mexican and American writers. The book tour is sponsored by the NEA.

Sherman has an essay in TIME magazine, "When the Story Stolen Is Your Own." 2/6/06

LA Weekly article "Navahoax" quotes Sherman extensively. 1/23/06

Sherman is mentioned on the 10/7/05 edition of The Writer's Almanac on NPR.

Sherman talks about music in the 9/2/05 Seattle Times article "What do Seattle's famous and not-so-famous have on their iPods?"

Publishers Weekly announces (5/30/05) Sherman's new Young Adult book deal. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will publish his young adult debut. The first book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is planned for release in 2007.

Sherman's short story "What You Pawn I Will Redeem" was selected by juror Ann Patchett as her favorite story for the The O. Henry Prize Stories 2005. Her essay on Sherman's story is posted online.

Sherman's short story, "What You Pawn I Will Redeem" was selected for inclusion in Best American Short Stories 2004, edited by Lorrie Moore.

Sherman's new poem Avian Nights was selected for a 2005 Pushcart Prize and is published in Pushcart Prize XXIX Best of the Small Presses, edited by Bill Henderson.

Sherman talk reads and talks about a new poem in relation to The West on WNYC's Studio 360 radio program; it's archived on the Web site.