![]() ![]() I’d spend each day thinking about the book while hiking and each evening reading in the dim light of remote huts. That summer, I took The Absolutely True Diary on a multi-day hiking trip. I’ve loved this book since I first read it in 2008. ![]() I hope students will relate to the main character Junior (Arnold Spirit) and find their way into thinking about central concepts of (in)equity, (in)justice, agency, power, and rights, which we’ll be studying throughout the semester. In this powerful YA novel, Alexie describes growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and navigating interactions in the rural, white high school.Īlexie’s narrative reveals much about systemic inequities, colonization, marginalization, and disenfranchisement. In preparation for a course I’m teaching this spring (“ Writing for Social Justice”), I’m lucky to be re-reading Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. ![]()
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