tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post1840189544895814224..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Alexie wins book awardRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-78432714649322728352007-11-21T22:03:00.000-08:002007-11-21T22:03:00.000-08:00I believe you, but he could've had a reason for hi...I believe you, but he could've had a reason for his "refusal." Perhaps the publisher wanted new writers as well as new fiction, even if Alexie didn't say this explicitly.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-10314351684375477512007-11-19T15:50:00.000-08:002007-11-19T15:50:00.000-08:00Writerfella here -- Sherman Alexie refuses to ...Writerfella here --<BR/> Sherman Alexie refuses to read the writing of any other Native who is over the age of 30. This was learned when Alexie and his Caucasian woman writing cohort solicited stories for a recent anthology of new fiction by Native writers (NOT fiction by new Native writers). Want to see the letters? writerfella gladly will provide them for your perusal...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-7295366759157017552007-11-19T15:21:00.000-08:002007-11-19T15:21:00.000-08:00I'm guessing Alexie reads as much per annum as you...I'm guessing Alexie reads as much per annum as you do. From what I've seen, his writing is certainly as good as yours.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-51326360516265571632007-11-15T23:52:00.000-08:002007-11-15T23:52:00.000-08:00Writerfella here -- writerfella always has had...Writerfella here --<BR/> writerfella always has had one question to ask, especially of someone such as the USS Sherman Alexie: "In order to write a book, is it necessary to have read one?"<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.com