Louise Erdrich's Justice Trilogy: Cultural and Critical Contexts

Louise Erdrich's Justice Trilogy: Cultural and Critical ContextsLouise Erdrich is one of the most important, prolific, and widely read contemporary Indigenous writers. Here leading scholars analyze the three critically acclaimed recent novels The Plague of Doves (2008), The Round House (2012), and LaRose (2016) that make up what has become known as Erdrich's "justice trilogy." Set in small towns and reservations of northern North Dakota, these three interwoven works bring together a vibrant cast of characters

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It is an essential reference for students and professionals in the fields of anthropology

This companion book to the award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga offers readers everything they never learned in school about Native American people's past

The recipes will teach cooks everywhere how to pay attention to the world around them for sources of ingredients and how to prepare those ingredients

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A large gathering of seventy-five engaging stories that represent a lifetime of master story-telling and offer keen

Hogan draws on many Native nations' ancient stories and spiritual traditions to show us that the soul exists in those delicate places where the natural world extends into human consciousness—in the mist of morning

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we speak of Mother Earth

” An intense homage to the power of place

bonds of love and family marry the elements into a tightly woven whole that pulses with the drama of life