Includes bibliographical references and index.

About This Volume -- P. Jane Hafen / CAREER, LIFE, AND INFLUENCE: On Louise Erdrich -- P. Jane Hafen ; Biography of Louise Erdrich -- A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff  / CRITICAL CONTEXTS: Re/creating the Past: Anishinaabe History in the Novels of Louise Erdrich -- Margaret Huetti ; The Work of Louise Erdrich: A Survery of Critical Responses -- Gregory A. Wright ; Louise Erdrich in Company: The American Writer and Her Communities -- Thomas Austenfeld ; Zwischenraum: "The Space Between" Ecologies in Louise Erdrich's The Painted Drum -- William Huggins / CRITICAL READINGS: Louise Erdrich Anishinaabezhibiiaan - Margaret Noori / Giiwedinoodin ; The Relentless Throat Call: Louise Erdich and Poetric Voice -- Dean Reader ; Relative Identies: Connecting Chance and Continuance in Love, Medicine -- Jill Doerfler ; "What I wished for and what I expected were two different futures": A Narratological Interpretation of Gender/Kinship Systems in The Beet Queen -- Sandra Cox ; Walking Between the Worlds in Louise Erdrich's Novels -- Amy T. Hamilton ; "Life will break you...You have to love": Historical/Intergenerational Trauma and Healing in Louise Erdrich's The Painted Drum -- Patrice Hollrah ; From Wallace to Wishkob: Queer Relationships and Two-Spirit Characters in The Beet Queen, Tales of Burning Love, and The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse -- Lisa Tatonetti ; There are No Burning Wagons, Beads, or Feathers in Louise Erdrich's The Plague of Doves -- Debra K.S. Barker ; Sister Lost, Sister Found: Redemption in The Painted Drum and Shadow Tag -- Gwen N. Westerman ; Picturing a Thousand Words: Story and Image in Louise Erdrich's "Fiction" -- Joanne DiNova / RESOURCES: Chronology of Louise Erdrich's Life ; Works by Louise Erdrich ; Bibliography ; About the Editor ; Contributors ; Index.

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