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"Beyond Borders: Trickster Discourse in Louise Erdrich’s Fiction." In Contemporary Literary Criticism
In the following essay, Martínez Falquina analyzes the breakdown of traditional borders in Erdrich’s work, using as examples the depiction of specific characters in the novels Love Medicine and The Bingo Palace (1994). Martínez Falquina examines how these novels employ a “trickster discourse” to dismantle the opposition between “tradition and assimilation, traditional past and colonized future, and … indian and white identity.”
"The Art of Fiction No. 208: Louise Erdrich" by Lisa Halliday
Presents an interview with author Louise Erdrich. When asked about the teachers of her childhood, Erdrich comments on having the Franciscan Sisters as teachers. She comments on various aspects of her family, including her Ojibwe heritage, her Catholic upbringing, and the literary influence of her father's letters. Erdrich also answers questions about symbolism in several of her works including the books "The Antelope Wife," "The Plague of Doves" and "Shadow Tag."

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