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Young Quotes by Sherman Alexie
- A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature.
- I thought I'd been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing young adult literature.
- I've come to the point in my life where I encourage young Native Americans to become much more selfish about their personal needs and wants.
- The problem is that too many adults think their kids' lives are simple, or they try to make their lives simple, when their emotional lives…
- There isn't a lot of poverty literature in the young-adult world. And I don't know why that is, but I think certainly I felt a…
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