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He looked into the crowd for approval, saw his mother and father. He waved and they waved back. Smiles and Indian teeth. They were both drunk. Everything familiar and welcome. Everything beautiful.

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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Wellpinit
Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
Jr.
Mother
Indian
Beautiful
Drunk
Back
Welcome
Everything
Teeth
Waved
Familiar
Smiles
Looked
Approval
Saws
Crowd
Father
Crowds

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