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About Greg Sarris
- Gregory Michael Sarris (born February 12, 1952) is a writer and academic.
- Along with Sherman Alexie, Paula Gunn Allen, and Leslie Marmon Silko, Sarris is a notable contributor to the second wave of what literary critic Kenneth Lincoln has called the Native American Renaissance. Sarris's best known work, Grand Avenue, is a collection of short stories about contemporary Native American life.
- Grand Avenue is a real place located in Santa Rosa's South Park district and the stories are based on his own life.
- Sarris served as co-executive producer of the 1996 HBO miniseries adapted from Grand Avenue.
- The two part mini-series was shot entirely on location in Santa Rosa, California not far from where Sarris grew up.
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