Sherman Alexie

myshoesuntied: Sherman Alexie, spilling the T like nobody’s...

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:32:11 GMT

Source: cloudnoise.tumblr.com --- Thursday, May 16, 2013
myshoesuntied : Sherman Alexie, spilling the T like nobody’s business. Wait did he really, haha awesome ...

dangerous astronomy :: sherman alexie

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:12:31 GMT

Source: poetrying.wordpress.com --- Sunday, May 12, 2013
I wanted to walk outside and praise the stars, But David, my baby son, coughed and coughed. His comfort was more important than the stars So I comforted and kissed him in his dark Bedroom, but my comfort was not enough. His mother was more important than the stars So he cried for her breast and milk. It’s hard For fathers to compete with mothers’ love. In the dark, mothers illuminate like the stars! Dull and jealous, I was the smallest part Of the whole. I know this is stupid stuff But I felt less important than the farthest star As my wife fed my son in the hungry dark. How can a father resent his son and his son’s love? Was my comfort more important than the stars? A selfish father, I wanted to pull apart My comfortable wife and son. Forgive me, Rough God, because I walked outside and praised the stars, And thought I was more important than the stars. ...

The Native American and the Somalian Immigrant: The Power of Sherman Alexie’s Life Story

Thu, 09 May 2013 02:29:33 GMT

Source: newcitycollegian.com --- Wednesday, May 08, 2013
by Saida Orbeck I did not know what to expect when I walked into the Egyptian theater on Wednesday April 24, 2013. I had been told that a writer named […] ...

Racialicious Crush Of The Week: Sherman Alexie’s Essay On Jason Collins

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:00:04 GMT

Source: www.racialicious.com --- Friday, May 03, 2013
By Andrea Plaid Sherman Alexie Those who follow this weekly post know that we just don’t crush out about people here; we’ve been known to show massive love to things like photographs around here. This week’s Crush is along that line. This week’s Loved Up is Sherman Alexie’s essay about basketball player Jason Collins coming out this week . “Why,” you ask? As the R’s Owner/Editor Latoya Peterson said, “Sherman Alexie is a fool, and we should celebrate it.” So who are the best-looking men in the USA? The answer, obviously, is professional athletes. I mean, Jesus, Google-Image Adrian Peterson. Study how cut, shredded, and jacked he is. Cut. Shredded. Jacked. Those are violent straight-boy adjectives that mean “beautiful.” But we straight boys aren’t supposed to think of other men as beautiful. We’re supposed to think of the most physically gifted men as warrior soldiers, as dangerous demigods. And there’s the rub: When we’re talking about professional athletes, we are mostly talking about males passionately admiring the physical attributes and abilities of other males. It might not be homosexual, but it certainly is homoerotic. So when Jason Collins, an NBA basketball player, announced this week that he was gay and became the first active athlete in the four major professional American sports leagues to come out of the closet, I was proud of him. And I was aroused, politically speaking. He’s the Jackie Robinson of homosexual basketb ...

Sherman Alexie, and the 'Homoerotic Extravaganza' of Sports

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:20:00 GMT

Source: colorlines.com --- Friday, May 03, 2013
So what's so scary about having an openly gay man like Jason Collins in a professional sports locker room? Straight men may have to start recognizing basketball as the "homoerotic extravaganza that it is", according to Indian writer and lifelong basketball enthusiast Sherman Alexie. In a piece for The Stranger , Alexie names what so many sports fans have been tip-toeing around in the aftermath of Collins' historic coming out. So who are the best-looking men in the USA? The answer, obviously, is professional athletes. I mean, Jesus, Google-Image Adrian Peterson. Study how cut, shredded, and jacked he is. Cut. Shredded. Jacked. Those are violent straight-boy adjectives that mean "beautiful." But we straight boys aren't supposed to think of other men as beautiful. We're supposed to think of the most physically gifted men as warrior soldiers, as dangerous demigods. And there's the rub: When we're talking about professional athletes, we are mostly talking about males passionately admiring the physical attributes and abilities of other males. It might not be homosexual, but it certainly is homoerotic. There are strict social rules governing sexuality and gender, and nowhere is that more evident than in the world of sports. Read Alexie's entire essay over at The Stranger . ...

Sherman Alexie Says Jason Collins Exposes the 'Homoerotic Extravaganza' of Sports

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:20:00 GMT

Sherman Alexie Event Keeps Attendees Perched At The Edge Of Their Seats

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:47:35 GMT

Source: newcitycollegian.com --- Wednesday, May 01, 2013
by Grant Livingstone With a meet and greet performance at Capitol Hill’s Egyptian Theater last Wednesday beloved northwest writer Sherman Alexie took to the stage. He was introduced by students [...] ...