read this: war dances

Graphic from "War Dances" by Sherman Alexie

I just read "War Dances" on the New Yorker website. It blew my mind. It was funny and poignant and creative. I wish it was longer, which is not the standard reaction to a 10-page article on the web. I am going to buy a book by Sherman Alexie now. Also, I'm listening to "Landmines" by St. Vincent right now, and she just said "smoke signals" while I was thinking about whether I would mention that Alexie wrote the screenplay for "Smoke Signals", which was a critically-acclaimed movie you might have seen (also, it had Nobody in it), so I figured that was a signal from, I don't know, my computer (who is in charge of both my play- and reading lists) to in fact mention it.