“The big lie I’ve been telling in my autobiographical fiction is that my mother is not the source of my art,” he said in the interview. “My mother is the source of my art, period. All the love and forgiveness and the things I could never deal with, the rage, the cruelty, the towering arrogance. He writes of a New Year’s Eve party at his parents’ house, where several sexual abusers, including his own, were present. I think that’s the biggest dilemma in Native literature.”Even at his most assured moments, Mr. Alexie is quick to acknowledge the larger factors at work.

Source: New York Times June 12, 2017 21:22 UTC