o Born in 1966, Washington State, Spokane Indian Reservation o He was born with a condition called hydrocephalus and was told by a doctors that he wouldn’t live, but if he survived he would suffer from mental disabilities o In 1985, he earned a scholarship from Gonzaga University for pre-med, but had to drop out of the school because he got squeamish during a anatomy class. o He then enrolled into Washington State for creative writing, poet Alex Kuo took him in as his protégé o He was awarded the Washington State Arts Commission Poetry Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship.
• Career o His works are mostly about alcohol, racism, and poverty within Native American Reservations o Alexie has published more than two hundred poems and short stories
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o In 1992, he wrote his first collection of poetry and short stories called:
“The Business of Fancydancing” which was then published by Hanging Loose Press o Another major work is “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”
Tells the story about a relationship between two Native American men living on the Spokane Indian
• Career o His works are mostly about alcohol, racism, and poverty within Native American Reservations o Alexie has published more than two hundred poems and short stories
o …show more content…
o In 1992, he wrote his first collection of poetry and short stories called:
“The Business of Fancydancing” which was then published by Hanging Loose Press o Another major work is “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”
Tells the story about a relationship between two Native American men living on the Spokane Indian