"In [Alexie's] warm, revealing, invitingly roundabout stories, the central figures come in all shapes and sizes, sharing only their wry perspective on Indian life off the reservation. . . . They are affectionate tales of dealings between men and women."--Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"
"Alexie's Ten Little Indians serves up nine seamless stories formed in the gut and delivered from the heart, depicting Native Americans caught in contemporary cultural crosshairs."--Lauren Slater, "Elle"
"Alexie has always been a master of the short story. . . . In [Ten Little Indians]Alexie blends humor, biting sarcasm and emotion, varying the book's mood and presenting a spectrum of voices."--Deirdre Donahue, "USA Today"
"This is a stellar collection of full-hearted, energetic stories." --Arion Berger, "People Magazine"
"With wicked humor and a piercing eye, Alexie dances liehely across America's racial and historical divides. Not since Langston Hughes's classic collection The Ways of White Folks have these rifts been so wonderfully minded as they are in Ten Little Indians. . . . This is an inspired collection . . . told with a bittersweet and irrepressible touch. . . . Alexie, like his characters, is on a modern-day vsion quest, and his powers are only getting stronger." --Anderson Tepper, "Time Out New York"
"Alexie's language has energy; his dialogue is both sharp and believable. His characters are ordinary people, extraordinary in their own unique ways." --Karen Joy Fowler, "The Washington Post Book World"
"The stories are wide, expansive, and focus on the lives of Spokane Indians inside Seattle for the most part, many of whom are aspiring to nothing less than greatness. . . . The haunting and powerful fictions of Ten Little Indians deserve to be read, contemplated, and savored." --William J. Cobb, "The Houston Chronicle"
"[Alexie's] stories, rambunctious and exuberant, bristle with an edgy and mordant humor all his own." -