Williams Reads 2009
(Sawyer Library Lobby)
This year's Williams Reads book is Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The novel depicts the life of Arnold "Junior" Spirit, a teenager living on the Spokane Indian Reservation and attending school in Reardan, a mostly white community 20 miles away. This display features a selection of books and videos from the Sawyer Library collection on some of the themes from the novel including alcoholism, identity and assimilation, Native American education, and stereotypes/representations of Native Americans. See bibliography for list of items in the exhibit and Williams Reads website.
For more information, contact Lori DuBois.
On display January 6th through February 11th, 2009.
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