American Indian Author Louise Erdrich Reads from New Book The Round House

Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents. Discussion »

MINNEAPOLIS – The Round House, a book set on an Ojibwe Indian Reservation in North Dakota, by award winning author Louise Erdrich. Her newest book is a powerful coming-of-age story, a mystery novel that deals with American Indian culture and family. It will be released Tuesday, October 2.

Reading Tuesday, October 2

To those fortunate enough to live in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area will have the opportunity to hear her read from The Round House at the St. Paul Episcopal Church, located in Minneapolis.

Erdrich, who is a tribal member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, has authored many books, including, Love Medicine, The Beet Queen, Tracks, The Bingo Palace, Four Souls, The Painted Drum, The Plague Doves, Shadow Tag, among others.

She won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for her 1984 Love Medicine. In 1987 Erdrich won the O. Henry Award for short story for Fleur that was published in Esquire in August 1986. Erdrich was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Plague Doves in 2009.

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Erdrich owns Birchbark Books, an independent book store, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

This event is free and open to the public. There will be plenty of books on hand that Ms. Erdrich has agreed to sign.

WHAT:
Louise Erdrich Reading: The Round House

WHEN:
Tuesday, October 2
7:00 pm cdt
Doors open at 6:15 pm

WHERE:
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
1917 Logan Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55105

posted September 28, 2012 8:30 am edt