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QUOTE OF NOTE: "The unique American spirit that defied a king and challenged a continent and conquered space still beats in the heart of every one of us. But we must have a leader who shares our dreams."
New Mexico has the fifth-largest land area in the U.S., and its culture is as expansive as its mountains and high plateaus. More than most states, it is a combination of high-profile extremes: trendy settlers are moving to the towns east of Santa Fe, living in the same...
This is sad and eloquently written. It is also ugly. The trouble is not that Smith's fury lacks justification, nor even that all the novel's whites are pompous, silly do-gooders. The white, wannabe-Indian writer and the white, Indian "expert" professor whom Alexie satirizes are fair enough...
The largest parliamentary debate tournament on the continent began yesterday as students from 40 colleges converged on the Harvard campus to compete for the John Harvard Cup, one of the nation's most prestigious debate trophies.
"One of the better new novelists, Indian or otherwise, is Sherman Alexie," says TIME's John Skow. His latest book, Indian Killer (Atlantic Monthly Press; 420 pages; $22), is a murderous urban legend not calculated to calm anyone's racial unease. Rage builds slowly in the heart of John Smith...