جزییات کتاب
به جرئت میتوان گفت که شرمن الکسی پدیدهای تازه در ادبیات امریکا است. این تازگی نهتنها از باب سرخپوست بودن او و جایگاه قومی و نژادیاش، بلکه بهواسطهی نوع روایتپردازی، اجرای بیانی و زبانی، و جسارتها و نوآوریهای او در عرصهی ادبی است. با آنکه برخی از محورها و مختصات بارز سبک امریکایی در داستانیهای او قابل پیگیری است، اما راه او در موارد متعدد از این سبک جدا میشود.
The premier anthology of contemporary American poetry continues with an exceptional volume edited by award-winning novelist and poet Sherman Alexie.Since its debut in 1988, The Best American Poetry has become a mainstay for the direction and spirit of American poetry. Each volume in the series presents the year's most extraordinary new poems and writers. Guest editor Sherman Alexie's picks for The Best American Poetry 2015 highlight the depth and breadth of the American experience. Culled from electronic and print journals, the poems showcase some of our leading luminaries—Amy Gerstler, Terrance Hayes, Ron Padgett, Jane Hirshfield—and introduce a number of outstanding younger poets taking their place in the limelight. A leading figure since his breakout poetry collection The Business of Fancydancing in 1992, Sherman Alexie won the National Book Award for his novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. He describes...