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Smile: Shakespeare Uncovered [HD]: Season 1, Episode 2 "The Comedies with Joely Richardson [HD]": Amazon Instant Video.

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HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1 Birth of a Language doc series 1. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Mildred D. Taylor: 9780142401125: Amazon.com. Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books. More than 5,000 of you nominated.

Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books

More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners of NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy survey are an intriguing mix of classic and contemporary titles. 95 Young Adult Books To Read This Summer Instead Of Reading 'Harry Potter' AGAIN. Sherman Alexie on Living Outside Cultural Borders. BILL MOYERS: Let's talk now with Sherman Alexie.

Sherman Alexie on Living Outside Cultural Borders

He comes from a long line of people who have lived the consequences of inequality, Native Americans, the first Americans. They were the target of genocide, ethnic cleansing, which for years was the hidden history of America, kept in the closet by the authors and enforcers of white mythology. How do you grapple with such a long denied history? If you are Sherman Alexie, you face it down with candor and even irreverence, writing poems, novels, and short stories, and even movies.

Here's a clip from “Smoke Signals” that Alexie wrote and co-produced in 1998: