UMaine Course Based on the Works of Sherman Alexie
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — As a companion to a the much-anticipated University of Maine visit by Native American author, poet and screenwriter Sherman Alexie, UMaine will offer a one-credit, five-week course based on Alexie’s work. The course, “Building the Fire: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Films of Sherman Alexie,” will be taught by UMaine professors Maureen Smith and Margo Lukens. It is scheduled for Tuesdays, 4:20-6:30 p.m., March 16-April 13.
One need not be a degree-seeking UMaine student to register for the course. For registration information, call 581-3143.
Alexie is a Spokane Coeur d’Alene who lives in Wellpinit, Washington. He is an internationally known creative force who has written seven books of poetry, several collections of short stories, and two novels. He also produced and wrote the screenplay for the film “Smoke Signals,” which is based on Alexie’s book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.”
Alexie will be at UMaine on April 19 for an 8 p.m. presentation, “Without Reservations…an Urban Indian’s Comic, Poetic, and Highly Irreverent Look at the World.” Admission to the April 19 Maine Center for the Arts event will be open to the public free of charge.