The Works of Louise Erdrich  


Books

 
The Antelope Wife (1998): "…a satisfying whole, with plenty of blitzkuchen moments and an intriguing exploration of continuity vs. chaos." --Salon

Grandmother's Pigeon (1996): Erdrich's first children's book

Tales of Burning Love. (1996): "...a bright, loud book..." that "tells the story of a contractor named Jack Mauser, a man overdrawn and oversexed, his head turned by the developing opportunities in '80s Fargo."--Harper's Bazaar

The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year (1995): "Erdrich's first major work of nonfiction...a captivating account of her attempt to juggle the joys and demands of selfhood, writerhood, and motherhood." --Booklist

The Bingo Palace (1994): "...most of the same powerful characters [from Love Medicine] are still around causing trouble, some as hovering spirits, some as living beings." --Time

Love Medicine (1993) New and Expanded Version: "...for those who have yet to discover this magical novel and for those who will have the pleasure of experiencing its heartbreak and its hope, this new version is highly recommended." --Library Journal

The Crown of Columbus (1991) written by Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris

Route 2 (U.S. Highway 2: Description and travel) (1990) written by Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris

Baptism of Desire: Poems (1990)

The Beet Queen (1989): "The Beet Queen provides the best example of the spirtiuality, history and kinship that set Indians apart from whites." --American Indian Culture and Research Journal

Tracks (1989): "Erdrich's novel is a contemporary Ghost Dance, which promotes the survival of Indians, and suggests that translation is essential to cultural survival." --Prospects Annual

Love Medicine (1989): "A remarkable first novel that stares more boldly at many of the truths of Native American life in this country than any fiction I've read...It is a deeply if ironically spiritual novel." --Chicago Sun-Times


Poems

"Bidwell Ghost." Prairie Schooner. Fall 1989: 13-14.

"Birth." Paris Review. Summer 1989: 221.

"The Fence." Paris Review. Summer 1989: 220.

"The Flood." Prairie Schooner. Fall 1989: 11-12.

"The Return." Prairie Schooner. Fall 1989: 12-13.

"The Ritual." Massachusetts Review. Autumn 1989: 433-4.


Short Stories

"Fleur's Luck." Georgia Review. Winter 1993: 659-63.

"The Plunge of the Brave." New England Review. Winter 1993: 57-70.


Michael Dorris

In Her Own Words

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