Sherman Alexie is a major voice in contemporary American literature. He is the author of twenty books including Reservation Blues and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. The award-winning, and widely banned, young adult novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian won him the 2007 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
Described by Men’s Journal as “the worlds first fast-talking, wisecracking, mediagenic American-Indian superstar,” Alexie is a gifted orator, telling tales of contemporary American Indian life with razor sharp humor, unsettling candor, and biting wit. The 2015–16 Tanner Talks, a series of cross-disciplinary events are a presentation of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Don’t miss the book signing and reception at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art after the performance.
