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Title: Old Shirts & New Skins (Native American, No 9) by Sherman Alexie, Elizabeth Woody, Kenneth Lincoln ISBN: 0-935626-36-0 Publisher: Amer Indian Studies Center Pub. Date: 01 January, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A real role Model for writers
Comment: For a long time I heard little bits and pieces about a poet named Sherman Alexie. I would see his name appear here and there, or a few words speak of him, and then I would lose track. After Smoke Signals came out, I vowed that I would remember Sherman Alexie and read more of what he had to say.
Years passed, to my shame. As a writer I was probably afraid on some level to begin reading his work because I had heard of his amazing success at a young age, but more important, his amazing output.
I finally decided to get a book, and I chose to buy Old Shirts & New Skins. I absolutely love it. The poems and the stories wonderfully compliment each other and tell a story of identity and pride. I really enjoyed the biting humor. it rang so completely true, I sometimes could not contain myself.
Based upon what I have read in this book, I will definately keep reading and buying his books.
Rating: 4
Summary: good book
Comment: This book seems simpler than Alexie's later works, though by no means do I mean that in a literal way. Later works reveal a deep and complex style and voice. This book, an early piece, shows what is to come. Alexie's voice is strong and powerful, with very pointed pieces arranged in creative and innovative ways. This is a stepping-stone book into his heavier works, such as Summer of Black Widows and One Stick Song. You can definitly see where Alexie is going in this book...up.
Rating: 5
Summary: Funny and true
Comment: This book of poetry has a real quality, a sort of grittiness so you know it's true.
The poems tie together present miseries with the history of Indian wars. But of course it's not the version of Indian wars we got through the movies; rather it is the untold part, of suffering of native people defending their way of life.
I am new to Sherman Alexie and new to American Indian literature; I came upon him through his movie "Smoke Signals." It's very good reading!
His writing contains heavy themes, but is light and graceful and has a healing quality. "Shirts" and "Skins" are the team names in pickup baasketball games; "'skins" is how Indians call themselves. I dont know what a "shirt" is - a white guy, probably -- that would fit. There is humor, word play and joy here holding up a world of sadness.
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Title: First Indian on the Moon by Sherman Alexie ISBN: 1882413024 Publisher: Hanging Loose Pr Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems by Sherman Alexie ISBN: 0914610007 Publisher: Hanging Loose Pr Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Summer of Black Widows by Sherman Alexie, Rudolf Steiner ISBN: 1882413342 Publisher: Hanging Loose Pr Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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Title: One Stick Song by Sherman Alexie ISBN: 1882413768 Publisher: Hanging Loose Pr Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie ISBN: 0802117449 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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