"The bar is raised. I believe this work will be seen as a role model for literary criticism of Native American fiction, poetry, and film"---Simon J. Ortiz poet and professor of English at Arizona State University<BR><BR>Sherman Alexie is, by many accounts, the most widely read American Indian writer in the United States and likely the world. His nineteen published books span a variety of genres and include his most recent National Book Award-winning The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian<BR><BR>Now, for the first time, a volume of critical essays is devoted to Alexie's work both in print and on the big screen. Editors Jeff Berglund and Jan Roush have assembled twelve leading scholars of American Indian literature to provide new perspectives on a writer with his finger on the pulse of America.<BR><BR>Interdisciplinary in their approach to Alexie's work, these essays cover the writer's entire career, and are insightful and accessible to scholars and lay readers alike. This volume is a worthy companion to the work of one of our nation's most recognized voices.