Sherman Alexie‘s most recent book is Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories. He is the author of five other collections of poetry; his poems have appeared also in the Nation, Georgia Review, Poetry, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. He won the National Book Award for his YA novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Mr. Alexie teaches English and creative writing at College of the Holy Cross where he is the Barrett Professor of Creative Writing.