TY - BOOK AU - Alexie,Sherman TI - War dances SN - 9780802119193 : AV - PS3551.L35774 W37 2009 U1 - 813/.54 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Grove Press KW - Short stories, American KW - Indians of North America KW - Fiction KW - Spokane Indians KW - Coeur d'Alene Indians KW - Short stories KW - gsafd N1 - "The Limited" -- Breaking and entering -- "Go, Ghost, Go" -- Bird-watching at night -- "After building the Lego 'Star Wars' Ultimate Death Star" -- War dances -- "The theology of reptiles" -- Catechism -- "Ode to small-town sweethearts" -- The senator's son -- "Another proclamation" -- Invisible dog on a leash -- "Home of the braves" -- The ballad of Paul Nonetheless -- "On airplanes" -- Big bang theory -- "Ode for pay phones" -- Fearful symmetry -- "Ode to mix tapes" -- Roman Catholic haiku -- "Looking glass" -- Salt -- "Food chain." N2 - A collection of short stories includes the title story, in which a famous writer, who just learned he may have a brain tumor, must decide how to care for his distant, American Indian father who is slowly dying ER -