But, after he was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor and underwent surgery, he began to supplement the poetry with nonfiction.
From the lingering sins of a nation's snarled roots to the complexities of mental illness and even to the colorful quest for a name of one's own, the books that round out this year's Kirkus Prize shortlists won't let you easily forget history - on whatever scale it's defined.Īlexie said he originally intended to write a book of poetry based on the hundreds of poems that he says “came to him” in the wake of his mother’s death.
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