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Sherman Alexie, Jr.
By Jamie Kee |
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1 Sherman J. Alexie, Jr., a writer and a Spokane and Coeur d'Alene Indian, was born in October of 1966. He grew up in Wellpinit, Washington, on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Alexie was born hydrocephalic, meaning water on the brain, and required surgery at six months. The doctors didn't expect him to survive. When he did survive, the doctors then predicted that he would have severe mental damage. Despite having no mental disabilities, Alexie did suffer from many side effects, such as seizures, that lasted throughout his childhood. Regardless of the difficult start, Alexie was reading by age three. By age five, he read such novels as The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Growing up, Alexie admired athletes like most young males. Yet unlike most young males, he admired writers as much as athletes. John Steinbeck was one of his earliest heroes because he wrote about misfits, something Alexie often felt akin to while growing up. Sadly, Alexie stood out because of his differences and was teased by other children. |
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