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The Porcupine Year
HarperCollins, 2008
Here follows the story of a most extraordinary year in the life of an Ojibwe family and of a girl named "Omakayas," or Little Frog, who lived a year of flight and adventure, pain and joy, in 1852. When Omakayas is twelve winters old, she and her family set off on a harrowing journey. They travel by canoe westward from the shores of Lake ...
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The Master Butchers Singing Club (P.S.)
Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial, 2005
Best read of the year.
Rich character development, remarkable story line and I didn't want to put it down. This will appeal to readers of popular novels, yet it's literary quality is well above that of standard pulp novels. The plot is unlike anything I've ever read. So refreshing to pick ...
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Winter in the Blood (Penguin Classics)
James Welch
Penguin Classics, 2008
A book of sorrows, comedy, and joy
James Welch is probably Montana's foremost Native American writer, and this wonderful novella is evidence of considerable talent. Published 30 years ago (1974), it takes place in the shadow that was cast by the nation's approaching bicentennial. While neither bitter ...
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Love Medicine: A Novel (P.S.)
Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
One of the best writers in American History
Simply fantastic. It is a shame though, that she is not included in the canon of literary geniuses of American history. Her stories read beautifully and her artistic ability to paint a picture with words is amazing. Read all her books, they are all wonderful.
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Four Souls: A Novel (P.S.)
Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial, 2005
Yet another stellar novel from Louise Erdrich
I've read most of the author's works and while I would not say this is my favorite, I have to say that she has matured so much as an author over the years that this is a must read book. I particularly like how she shares imagery and concepts in this book without ...
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The Plague of Doves: A Novel
Louise Erdrich
Harper, 2008
The interconnectedness of everything
THE PLAGUE OF DOVES was stitched together from a number of short stories, many of them previously published in "The New Yorker". There is a bit of disjointedness, but it is remarakable how well the patchwork comes together to make a whole, integral quilt (a metaphor ...
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Tracks
Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial, 2004
It Changed the Course of my Life
I read this book in a Native American Literature course about 12 years ago. My father is full blooded Native American and my teacher was white and I thought he couldn't teach me anything. I had a chip on my shoulder and my teacher knocked it off of me with this book. ...
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The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse: A Novel
Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial, 2002
One of the best books I have ever read
I just picked this book up recently and was instantly drawn into the storyline. I could not stop reading it. I will not go on and on, I just want to say that I think it would make a fantastic movie - I think Louise is an excellent author (never read anything of hers ...
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The Painted Drum: A Novel (P.S.)
Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial, 2006
One of the best Erdrich novels
After reading many of Louise Erdrich's novels, I had become tired of their similarities -- until, that is, I decided to give The Painted Drum a chance. Erdrich's novel recaptures the originality of her earlier work and improves it with the maturity of a veteran ...
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Birchbark House, The
Louise Erdrich
Hyperion Book CH, 2002
The Real Little House on the Prairie
Generations of American children have grown up reading Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I'm in one of those generations. These stories gave us a view into settlers moving into formerly Indian territories and the hardships of breaking new lands to ...
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The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year
Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial, 1996
insightful, spiritual (non-denominational) and helpful
It seems that a week doesn't go by when I see a woman on the subway or in a coffee shop reading a book from the What to Expect When You're Expecting series. Those detailed tombs of writing seem to be sent to people planning or in the process of rearing children as ...
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Original Fire: Selected and New Poems
Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial, 2004
Magnificent, Soul-Stirring Poetry
I've read and enjoyed all of Erdrich's fiction and was eager to experience her poetry when I got this book. I was not disappointed in the least.
Her poems are rich, full of life, sparkling chunks of wisdom from a woman's life. My favorite poem was "Advice to ...
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Lines from a Mined Mind
John Trudell
Fulcrum Publishing, 2008
At Long Last: TRUTH
This collection from John Trudell is soul stirring and gut wrenching at the same time. If you let the words carry your heart you will know dignity, integrity, and honor all from a man your government says has none. Ever a hero to the People; his pain is real and so is ...
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Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Traveling Through the Land of my Ancestors (Literary Travel)
Louise Erdrich
National Geographic, 2006
For more than twenty years Louise Erdrich has dazzled readers with the intricately wrought, deeply poetic novels which have won her a place among today's finest writers. Her nonfiction is equally eloquent, and this lovely memoir offers a vivid glimpse of the landscape, the people, and the long tradition of storytelling that give her work its ...
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The Antelope Wife: A Novel
Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial, 1999
The power of love
Lousie Erdrich's writing wraps the reader in intricate strands of symbolism, characters and shifting time and place. Stories are woven, questions are raised and as time passes answered. The strands begin to straighten out and make sense. Re-reading the book to get ...
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