Love Medicine | Essays and Criticism

  • The Story as a Form of Love Medicine

    In the following essay, Donna Woodford discusses the story as a form of love medicine.

  • Love Medicine: A Metaphor for Forgiveness

    In the following excerpt, Lissa Schneider examines the unifying role that storytelling plays within Erdrich's novel and between characters in the novel.

  • Love Medicine: A Female Moby-Dick

    In the following excerpt, Thomas Matchie compares Love Medicine, which has been criticized for its lack of unity, to Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, asserting that Erdrich's work functions as a complete novel.