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Erdrich, Louise was born on June 7, 1954 in Little Falls, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Ralph Louis and Rita Joanne (Gourneau) Erdrich.
( The unsolved murder of a farm family still haunts the w...)
The unsolved murder of a farm family still haunts the white small town of Pluto, North Dakota, generations after the vengeance exacted and the distortions of fact transformed the lives of Ojibwe living on the nearby reservation. Part Ojibwe, part white, Evelina Harp is an ambitious young girl prone to falling hopelessly in love. Mooshum, Evelina's grandfather, is a repository of family and tribal history with an all-too-intimate knowledge of the violent past. And Judge Antone Bazil Coutts, who bears witness, understands the weight of historical injustice better than anyone. Through the distinct and winning voices of three unforgettable narrators, the collective stories of two interwoven communities ultimately come together to reveal a final wrenching truth.
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( For more than three decades, Louise Erdrich has enthral...)
For more than three decades, Louise Erdrich has enthralled readers with dazzling novels that paint an evocative portrait of Native American life. In Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country, Erdrich takes us on an illuminating tour through the terrain her ancestors have inhabited for centuries: the lakes and islands of southern Ontario. Summoning to life the Ojibwe's sacred spirits and songs, their language and sorrows, she considers the many ways in which her tribe—whose name derives from the word ozhibii'ige, "to write"—have influenced her. Her journey links ancient stone paintings with a magical island where a bookish recluse built an extraordinary library, and she reveals how both have transformed her. A blend of history, mythology, and memoir, Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country is an enchanting meditation on modern life, natural splendor, and the ancient spirituality and creativity of Erdrich's native homeland—a long, elemental tradition of storytelling that is in her blood.
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( The poems of Louise Erdrich reflect what it is to be a ...)
The poems of Louise Erdrich reflect what it is to be a woman, a Midwesterner and a native American. She presents that region and those people without sentimentality, and although drawing from a deep well she does not ignore the ordinary. Her novels include " Love Medicine" .
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( On a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare ...)
On a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare arrive by boxcar in Argus, North Dakota. After being orphaned in a most peculiar way, they seek refuge in the butcher shop of their aunt Fritzie and her husband, Pete; ordinary Mary, who will cause a miracle, and seductive Karl, who lacks his sister's gift for survival, embark upon an exhilarating life-journey crowded with colorful, unforgettable characters and marked by the extraordinary magic of natural events. The bestselling, award-winning author of The Painted Drum, Louise Erdrich dazzles in this vibrant and heartfelt tale of abandonment and sexual obsession, jealousy and unstinting love that explores with empathy, humor, and power the eternal mystery of the human condition.
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( Set in North Dakota at a time in the past century when ...)
Set in North Dakota at a time in the past century when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands, Tracks is a tale of passion and deep unrest. Over the course of ten crucial years, as tribal land and trust between people erode ceaselessly, men and women are pushed to the brink of their endurance—yet their pride and humor prohibit surrender. The reader will experience shock and pleasure in encountering characters that are compelling and rich in their vigor, clarity, and indomitable vitality.
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(This pack includes eight prominent books in Native Americ...)
This pack includes eight prominent books in Native American Literature.
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( Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first...)
Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. One day in 1850, Omakayas′s island is visited by a group of mysterious people. From them, she learns that the chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island and move farther west. That day, Omakayas realizes that something so valuable, so important that she never knew she had it in the first place, could be in danger: Her way of life. Her home.
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( Omakayas was a dreamer who did not yet know her limits...)
Omakayas was a dreamer who did not yet know her limits. When Omakayas is twelve winters old, she and her family set off on a harrowing journey in search of a new home. Pushed to the brink of survival, Omakayas continues to learn from the land and the spirits around her, and she discovers that no matter where she is, or how she is living, she has the one thing she needs to carry her through.
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(A very pregnant anthropologist finds the diary of Columbu...)
A very pregnant anthropologist finds the diary of Columbus in the basement of the Dartmouth library and travels to the Bahamas with her lover and son to find what the diary refers to as ""the greatest treasure of Europe."" Reprint. NYT.
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( At the crossroads of his life, Lipsha Morrissey is summ...)
At the crossroads of his life, Lipsha Morrissey is summoned by his grandmother to return to the reservation. There, he falls in love for the very first time—with the beautiful Shawnee Ray, who's already considering a marriage proposal from Lipsha's wealthy entrepreneurial boss, Lyman Lamartine. But when all efforts to win Shawnee's affections go hopelessly awry, Lipsha seeks out his great-grandmother for a magical solution to his romantic dilemma—on sacred ground where a federally sanctioned bingo palace is slated for construction. Louise Erdrich's luminous novel The Bingo Palace is a tale of spiritual death and reawakening; of money, desperate love, and wild hope; and of the enduring power of cherished dreams.
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( Louise Edrich’s Tales of Burning Love is a darkly humor...)
Louise Edrich’s Tales of Burning Love is a darkly humorous novel of wild romance and heartbreak set against a raging North Dakota blizzard as five Great Plains women bond over their shared connection to one man.  Stranded in the storm just outside of Fargo, Jack Mauser’s former wives pass the night by remembering how each came to love, marry, and ultimately move beyond Jack. Painful and comic by turns, the women’s tales bind them together.  National Book Award–winning author Louise Edrich’s characteristic powers of observation and poetic prose combine in a tale that is another tour-de-force from one of America’s most formidable writers.  This edition of Tales of Burning Love includes a P.S. section with additional insights from the author, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.
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( A second book of poetry by Louise Erdich, author of the...)
A second book of poetry by Louise Erdich, author of the bestselling and award winning novels Love Medicine, The Beet Queen and Tracks. Baptisim by blood, water, or desire is necessary for salvation in Roman Catholic tradition, and baptism of desire in the term used for the leap of trust by which a sincere believer can experience spiritual regeneration.Louise Erdrich's poems are acts of redemption. Everywhere evident is Erdrich's unique capacity for finding the perfect word, the fresh, yet absolutely right, metaphor that makes her wrk both profound and accessable.
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(Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich, husband and wife, have...)
Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich, husband and wife, have each written bestselling and highly acclaimed books. Now in their first fully collaborative literary work, they have created a cast of indelible characters and a page turner of a story filled with provocative ideas, humor suspense, and passion. A novel of discoveries, The Crown of Columbus chronicles the adventures of a pair of mismatched lovers and their quest for the truth about Christopher Columbus and themselves. Vivian Two star is a pragmatic, divorced forty year-old anthropologist with an exasperating teenage son, afierce grandmother and a baby on the way. Her lover, Roger Williams, a scholar and poet, is her polar opposite. Their relationship is plagued by the clashes of two people who disagree on every point except their attraction to each other. When Vivian uncovers Christopher Columbus's lost diary and a reference to "the greatest treasure of Europe," she and Roger are drawn into a journey to the Caribbean that threatens and finally changes their lives. The Crown of Columbus is a contemporary love story; a rollicking tale of adventure, a tender, funny examination of parenthood and a novel of history recovery and new beginnings. MICHAEL DORRIS is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Broken Cord, winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction and the Heartland Prize, as well as the nationally bestselling novel a Yellow Raft in Blue Water. LOUISE ERDRICH's critically acclaimed Love Medicine won theNational Book Critics Circle Award for fiction in 1984. Her work also includes the poetry collections jacklight and Baptism of Desire as well as The Beet Queen and Tracks, both New York Times bestselling novels.
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(The first book in Louise Erdrich's Native American series...)
The first book in Louise Erdrich's Native American series, which also includes The Beet Queen, Tracks, and The Bingo Palace, Love Medicine tells the story of two families--the Kashpaws and the Lamartines.Now resequenced by the author with the addition of never-before-published chapters, this is a publishing event equivalent to the presentation of a new and definitive text. Written in Erdrich's uniquely poetic, powerful style, Love Medicine springs to raging life: a multigenerational portrait of new truths and secrets whose time has come, of strong men and women caught in an unforgettable drama of anger, desire, and the healing power that is Love Medicine. Discover the writer whom Philp Roth called "the most interesting new American novelist to have appeared in years" all over again.
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( After taking her mother's name, Four Souls, for strengt...)
After taking her mother's name, Four Souls, for strength, the strange, compelling Fleur Pillager walks from her Ojibwe reservation to the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. She seeks restitution from and revenge on the lumber baron who has stripped her reservation. But revenge is never simple, and her intentions are complicated by her dangerous compassion for the man who wronged her. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
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( In this important new collection, her first in fourteen...)
In this important new collection, her first in fourteen years, award-winning author Louise Erdrich has selected poems from her two previous books of poetry, Jacklight and Baptism of Desire, and has added nineteen new poems to compose Original Fire.
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(New York Times best-selling author and National Book Awar...)
New York Times best-selling author and National Book Award finalist Louise Erdrich is acclaimed as one of the most important writers in the Native American Renaissance. In The Porcupine Year, Erdrich takes listeners to 1852 Minnesota. Omakayas, a 12-year-old Ojibwe girl, continues to travel west with her family after white settlers take over their homeland. Erdrich's books on Omakayas have been favorably compared to Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books
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(Select American Classics: Being Selections from Irving's ...)
Select American Classics: Being Selections from Irving's Sketch Book, Webster's Orations, and Emerson's Essays as Published in the Eclectic English Classics (1896)
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( While appraising the estate of a New Hampshire family d...)
While appraising the estate of a New Hampshire family descended from a North Dakota Indian agent, Faye Travers is startled to discover a rare moose skin and cedar drum fashioned long ago by an Ojibwe artisan. And so begins an illuminating journey both backward and forward in time, following the strange passage of a powerful yet delicate instrument, and revealing the extraordinary lives it has touched and defined. Compelling and unforgettable, Louise Erdrich's Painted Drum explores the often fraught relationship between mothers and daughters, the strength of family, and the intricate rhythms of grief with all the grace, wit, and startling beauty that characterizes this acclaimed author's finest work.
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( Love Medicine is Louise Erdrich’s masterful debut novel...)
Love Medicine is Louise Erdrich’s masterful debut novel, one of the most influential, beloved, and distinguished works of contemporary fiction. It is the unforgettable saga of two families and how their destinies intertwine over the course of fifty years on and around a North Dakota reservation. Here is the book that heralded the arrival of a major voice in American literature.
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( In the thick of the Turtle Mountains, inside one family...)
In the thick of the Turtle Mountains, inside one family's little cabin, stood The Range Eternal. The woodburning stove provided warmth and comfort, delicious soups, and hot potatoes to warm cold hands on frozen winter mornings. It provided a glowing screen for a young girl's imagination, and protection from the howling ice monsters in the night. But most of all, it was the true heart of the home-one the young girl never knew how much she would miss until it was gone. Louise Erdrich is the author of many acclaimed and best-selling books, including The Birchbark House, a National Book Award Finalist. She is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwa and lives in Minneapolis. Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, an award-winning illustration team, have collaborated on many picture books, including My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss; Cat, You Better Come Home by Garrison Keillor; Horsefly by Alice Hoffman; and Robin's Room by Margaret Wise Brown.
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( Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction...)
Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, Chickadee is the first novel of a new arc in the critically acclaimed Birchbark House series by New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich. Twin brothers Chickadee and Makoons have done everything together since they were born—until the unthinkable happens and the brothers are separated. Desperate to reunite, both Chickadee and his family must travel across new territories, forge unlikely friendships, and experience both unexpected moments of unbearable heartache as well as pure happiness. And through it all, Chickadee has the strength of his namesake, the chickadee, to carry him on. Chickadee continues the story of one Ojibwe family's journey through one hundred years in America. School Library Journal, in a starred review, proclaimed, "Readers will be more than happy to welcome little Chickadee into their hearts." The paperback edition includes additional material, such as an interview with the author and activities.
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Erdrich, Louise was born on June 7, 1954 in Little Falls, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Ralph Louis and Rita Joanne (Gourneau) Erdrich.
Bachelor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1976. Master of Arts in Creative Writing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1979.
Visiting poet, teacher North Dakota State Arts Council, 1977-1978. Teacher writing Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1978-1979. Communications director, editor Circle-Boston Indian Council, 1979-1980.
Textbook writer Charles Merrill Company, 1980. Owner BirchBark Books and Native Arts, Minneapolis, since 2000. Founder BirchBark Books Press.
( In this important new collection, her first in fourteen...)
( The unsolved murder of a farm family still haunts the w...)
(A very pregnant anthropologist finds the diary of Columbu...)
( Louise Edrich’s Tales of Burning Love is a darkly humor...)
( While appraising the estate of a New Hampshire family d...)
(The first book in Louise Erdrich's Native American series...)
( Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction...)
( After taking her mother's name, Four Souls, for strengt...)
( Set in North Dakota at a time in the past century when ...)
(New York Times best-selling author and National Book Awar...)
(Select American Classics: Being Selections from Irving's ...)
( For more than three decades, Louise Erdrich has enthral...)
( Love Medicine is Louise Erdrich’s masterful debut novel...)
( A second book of poetry by Louise Erdich, author of the...)
( Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first...)
(Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich, husband and wife, have...)
( At the crossroads of his life, Lipsha Morrissey is summ...)
( The poems of Louise Erdrich reflect what it is to be a ...)
( In the thick of the Turtle Mountains, inside one family...)
( On a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare ...)
(This pack includes eight prominent books in Native Americ...)
( Omakayas was a dreamer who did not yet know her limits...)
(Jacklight : Poems by Louise Erdrich. Henry Holt and Co.,1984)
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Member of American Academy of Arts and Letters (Sue Kaufman prize 1985), Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association (member executive board 1985-1990), Western Literature Association, Authors Guild.
Married Michael Anthony Dorris, October 10, 1981 (deceased April 1997). 3 children;3 adopted children.