Winner of Washington State Arts Commission poetry and National Endowment for the Arts poetry fellowships, Sherman Alexie (born 1966) has published poems, stories, translations, and several books. Sherman Alexie was born in 1966 and grew up in Wellpinit,...

Sherman Alexie is the "Indian du jour" of the mainstream publishing industry, as he notes in his 1995 Tonic interview with Kelly Myers. Alexie has published seven books and three chapbooks in less than five years; while such productivity is remarkable in...

Sherman Alexie's writing has attracted a broad spectrum of readers in a relatively brief span. During his first eight years in publishing, Alexie was awarded the Washington State Arts Commission Poetry Fellowship (1991), the National Endowment for the Ar...

What is a pawn worth? Back in the late 18th century, Philidor - when not romantically describing pawns as "the soul of chess" - reckoned they were worth around three moves each. So any gambit involving a pawn sacrifice was justified if it gained...

The Poisoned Pawn variation in the Najdorf Sicilian is more than half a century old. It attracted players of various styles -- from the Don Quixotes, who charge forward no matter what the cost, to the buccaneers, who grab any pawns and pieces coming...