Sherman Alexie

Spokane Indian author. Born with hydrocephalus, his writing has shown quite a bit of anger, though he deliberately avoids it post-9/11.


 * Apocalypse How: In at least one short story, the white people are all dead, the mixed bloods are all dying from a mysterious illness, and the Indians form a eugenic dystopia.
 * Author Appeal: Of both the sexual (heterosexual Shotacon) and nonsexual (One of Us) variety.
 * Biggus Dickus: Subverted in "The Toughest Indian in the World". It still hurts like a mother.
 * The Cassandra: Invoked in Flight.
 * Defictionalization: Want Victor to serenade you? You can!
 * Does This Remind You of Anything?: Thomas is Don Quixote. Victor isn't quite as tolerant as Sancho Panza.
 * Freud Was Right: A lot of father-son dynamic.
 * Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?: In "The Toughest Indian in the World", the narrator tells the eponymous character that he's not...Cue explicit gay sex scene.
 * Ho Yay: Lampshaded, zigzagging, it's entirely possible Everyone Is Bi in the Lone Ranger and Tonto-verse
 * Jesus Was A Faggot: All that talk about turning the other cheek. What kind of faggot does that?
 * Loin Cloth: Can symbolize tradition or the fetishization of natives by Westerners.
 * Mushroom Samba: "A Drug Called Tradition"
 * A Nazi by Any Other Name: "The Sin Eaters"
 * One of Us: Alexie is definitely a geek for classic films. He also seems to be familiar with the Anzati, judging by The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian.
 * Parody Sue: Many. Most notable is Thomas Builds-the-Fire, a goth kid who is never called goth and always tells annoying stories.
 * Racist Grandma: Averted: As a rule, old people, especially old women, are more accepting than the young people.
 * Shotacon: Explicit in "The Sin Eaters", even implied in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian. All Alexie's shota is heterosexual, though.
 * Timey-Wimey Ball: Flight has time travel done Quantum Leap-style.
 * Villain Protagonist: John in Indian Killer.