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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.

Sherman appeared on the Colbert Report on Tuesday, October 28th. You can watch it online now.

You can find two new Sherman Alexie poems in the fall issue of failbetter.com.

The Absolutely True Diary wins another award. Sherman will receive a 2008 Washington Book Award - the Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award for middle grades and young adults. The award ceremony will ceremony will take 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

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sherman's "stuff i like"

This is fun: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com.

I live in one of the greatest cities in the world: www.youtube.com.

Wow, so this is very interesting: www.thedailybeast.com.

-above posted 11/9

This is not something I like. This is something that makes me furious: www.youtube.com.

I detest William Ayer's violent past and his ambiguous atonement for it, but this article certainly humanizes him in unexpected ways: www.newyorker.com

Oh, check out some of the dirt on the Obama and McCain campaigns: www.newsweek.com You will not believe the Two Towels Incident.

This is what Third Party voters of all types fail to consider: www.salon.com.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the man who gave us eight years of Bush: www.youtube.com.

I am overjoyed that we have our first African American president, but I am pissed that Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage amendment, is passing in California. According to exit polls, seventy percent of African Americans in California voted against gay marriage. Yes, I am disgusted with the hypocrisy of black homophobia. So let me protest that hypocrisy by celebrating these two amazing artists: www.youtube.com & www.pbs.org.