What Do I Read Next?
- The Beet Queen, released by Holt in 1986, extends the narrative of the Chippewa people. However, Erdrich shifts her focus to individuals linked to the Lamartines and Kashpaws, expanding the story beyond the reservation. This novel revolves around Dot's family, the woman romantically involved with Gerry Nanapush in Love Medicine.
- Although Tracks was published after The Beet Queen (by Harper in 1988), it delves into events and characters predating those in Love Medicine. In Tracks, the malevolent medicine woman, Fleur Pillager, practices her dark arts. She is an ancestor to several characters in Love Medicine, including Moses Pillager.
- Erdrich paused her work on Tales of Burning Love to write The Bingo Palace, which HarperCollins published in 1994. The Bingo Palace not only continues the story of Lyman Lamartine and his bingo palace but also explores the reconciliation between Lipsha and Lyman, along with a revival of Chippewa traditions.
- In 1996, HarperCollins released Tales of Burning Love, Erdrich's sixth novel. This book revisits June Kashpaw's story, focusing on Jack Mauser, the man she spends her final night with. Following June's death, Mauser marries four times. His life, marked by both humor and tragedy, ends in a house fire.
- Erdrich's debut nonfiction work, The Blue Jay's Dance, was published by HarperCollins in 1995. This book chronicles the birth and first year of her child's life, exploring the daily balancing act faced by working parents.
- Grandmother's Pigeon, published by Hyperion in 1996, is Erdrich's first children's book. It tells the tale of an adventurous grandmother who travels to Greenland on a porpoise's back, while her children communicate with her via carrier pigeons.
- Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place offers a writing style similar to Erdrich's. Naylor's narrative unfolds through the unique voices of seven women navigating life in the ghetto. The Women of Brewster Place was published by Viking in 1982.
- Critics have likened Erdrich's non-linear storytelling through character perspectives to William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. Published in 1930 by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, As I Lay Dying recounts a dying woman's story in a stream-of-consciousness style.
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