My Name Is Sherman J. Alexie Jr.,

Sometimes It's Called Passing Out And Sometimes It's Just Pretending To Be Asleep

Don't Live Up To Your Stereotypes.

I Don't Know What Any Individual Should Do About Crossing Her Own Borders. I Only Know That I Live A Happier, More Adventurous Life, By Crossing Borders.

Last September 16th, I Was Walking In Downtown Seattle When This Pick-up Truck Pulls Up In Front Of Me. Guy Leans Out The Window And Yells, "go Back To Your Own Country," And I Was Laughing So Hard Because It Wasn't So Much A Hate Crime As A Crime Of Irony.

Religious Fundamentalists Are Unaware That Freedom Of Religion Necessarily Brings With It The Freedom To Mock Religion.