Every second Wednesday
co-host Jacqueline Keeler has written a lengthy article (just published by YES! Magazine) on Native American author Sherman Alexie, his role in the Native American literary world (and beyond), and how the revelations about his behavior with women affect that role and our understanding of him and his works. Litsa Dremousis is a Seattle writer and long-time friend of Alexie (she has since broken off relations with him) whose tweets three weeks ago were crucial in bringing out information about Alexie's breaches of personal conduct and abuses of power. They'll join host Paul Roland to talk about all that and more.
From Dremousis' website:
Litsa Dremousis is the author of Altitude Sickness (Future Tense Books). Seattle Metropolitan Magazine named Altitude Sickness one of the all-time “20 Books Every Seattleite Must Read”. Her essay After the Fire was selected as one of the “Most Notable Essays of 2011” by Best American Essays 2012, she’s a Contributing Editor at The Weeklings, and The Seattle Weekly named her one of “50 Women Who Rock Seattle”. Dremousis is a freelance essayist for The Washington Post.
Her response to Alexie's statement released earlier can be found in this article in Seattle's The Stranger. There are further links within to both their full statements. NPR has also done important reporting on this.
- KBOO