Sherman Alexie was born in 1966 on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington.
This week, poetry from the book Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein.
Ling reads poems from her first collection, which are written in the voice of Amelia Earhart.
Recorded at the 2011 Blue Light Reading Series, Steve Scafidi reads "The Ten-Letter Word for a Lucky Man" and "The Junebugs."
Ling reads prose poems about Montana from her second collection of poetry.