Louise Erdrich: The Online Guide

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Anthologies Including Writings by Erdrich


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The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories, edited by Susan Wadia-Ells. Seattle, WA: Seal Press, 1995. "The Broken Cord," 97-104.
Note on page 97 states that "this essay is a slightly adapted version of the foreword written by Erdrich for Michael Dorris's The Broken Cord.
Aftermath: An Anthology of Post-Vietnam Fiction, edited by Donald Anderson. N.Y., N.Y.: Henry Holt, 1995. “A Bridge,” 47-60.
From Love Medicine and Love Medicine II.
American Fiction. “The Hat.”
Modified to “The Red Slip” in Tales of Burning Love.
American Identities: Contemporary Multicultural Voices, edited by Robert Pack and Jay Parini. Hanover, MA: University Press of New England for Middlebury College Press, 1994. “Conversions” pp. 66-70.
Also includes Dorris’s “Home,” pp. 58-65.
American Indian Literature: an Anthology (rev. ed.), edited by Alan Velie. Norman, OK and London: Oklahoma University Press, 1991. Pp. 348-360, “Love Medicine.”
Also includes poetry; see same title in “Poetry in Anthologies and Periodicals” section.
From Love Medicine and Love Medicine II.
American Indian Voices, edited by Karen D. Harvey. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 1995. “The Red Convertible,” 117-130.
This anthology also includes an excerpt of Dorris's A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, pp. 82-6.
American Indian Women’s Scholarship and Perspectives (2 vols). Minneapolis, MN: The Center, 1990.
Volume 2 includes the short story “Scales,” as well as articles by William Gleason and Jan George.
American Mosaic: Multicultural Readings in Context, 2nd. Barbara Riche Rico and Sandra Mano. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. “Love Medicine,” 551-567.
American Short Stories (5th), edited by Eugene Current-Garcia and Bert Hitchcock. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman/Little, Brown Higher Education, 1990. "Fleur," --.
American Short Stories Since 1945, edited by John Parks. N.Y., N.Y. and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. "Saint Marie," 680-689.
American Stories: Fiction From The Atlantic Monthly, edited by C. Michael Curtis. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1990. “Destiny,” 173-182.
From The Beet Queen.
American Women Writers: Diverse Voices in Prose Since 1845, edited by Eileen Barrett and Mary Cullinan. N.Y., N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1992. "Louise Erdrich," 735-747.
Page 735 is a biographical sketch; the remainder appeared as “Chapter Two: 1932” from The Beet Queen).
This story was published as “The Manifestation at Argus” prior to the publication to The Beet Queen. Part of this story was also published under the titles “Sita Kozka” and “A Cold Frozen Day.”
Anthology of American Literature, 7th ed. [v. II, Realism to the Present]. N.Y., N.Y.: Prentice Hall, 1999. "The Red Convertible," pp.
The Available Press/PEN Short Story Collection. American Center of P.E.N., National Enndowment for the Arts. Literature Program. N.Y., N.Y.: Ballantine, 1985. "The Immaculate Conception of Carson Dupre," 92-96.

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The Beacon Best of 1999: Creative Writing by Women and Men of All Colors, edited by Ntozake Shange. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1999. "Naked Woman Playing Chopin," 231-244.
From The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse.
The Before Columbus Foundation Fiction Anthology: Selections from the American Book Awards, 1980-1990, edited by Ishmael Reed, Kathryn Trueblood, and Shawn Wong. N.Y., N.Y.:W.W. Norton, 1992. “Saint Marie,” 80-94.
From Love Medicine and Love Medicine II.
Pages 77-79 is an essay about Erdrich by Kathryn Shanley.
Best American Essays, 1994, edited by Tracy Kidder. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. “Skunk Dreams” 110-120.
The Best American Short Stories, 1983, edited by Shannon Ravenel and Anne Tyler. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. "Scales," 141-154.
Best American Short Stories, 1988, edited by Shannon Ravenal and Anne Tyler. Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin, 1988. "Snares," 121-131.
Best of the West 2: New Short Stories From the Wide Side of the Missouri, edited by James Thomas and Denise Thomas. Layton, UT: Peregine Smith Books, 1989. “Matchimanito," 98-119.
From Tracks.
Bless Me Father: Stories of Catholic Childhood, edited by Amber Coverdale Sumrall. N.Y., N.Y.: Plume. “Fooling God,” --.
The Book of Eros: Arts and Letters from Yellow Silk, edited by L. Pond and R. Russo. N.Y., N.Y.: Harmony Books, 1995. "Owls," 156-157.
From Baptism of Desire.
Yellow Silk: Journal of Erotic Arts
Braided Lives: an Anthology of Multicultural American Writing. Minnesota Humanities Commission and Minnesota Council of Teachers of English. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Humanities Commission, 1991. “American Horse,” 16-27.
Buying Time: An Anthology Celebrating 20 Years of the Literature Program of the National Endowment for the Arts, edited by Scott Walker. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1985. “Flesh and Blood,” 70-86.
From Love Medicine and Love Medicine II.

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Catholic Girls, edited by Amber Coverdale Sumrall and Patrice Vecchione. N.Y., N.Y.:Plume Books, 1992. “Saint Marie,” 243-258.
From Love Medicine and Love Medicine II.
A Celestial Omnibus: Short Fiction on Faith, edited by Jonathan Paul Maney and Tom Hazuka. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1997. "Love Medicine," 197-216.
From Love Medicine and Love Medicine II.
Concise Anthology of American Literature (4th ed.), edited by George McMichael et al. N.Y., N.Y.:Prentice Hall, 1998. “The Red Convertible,”--.
Critical Issues in Contemporary Culture. Christopher Gould and Ele Byington. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1997. “Scales,” 233-244.
Page 244 includes "Reading and Writing Activities" for students. From Love Medicine and Love Medicine II.

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Day in Day Out: Women’s Lives in North Dakota, edited by Bjorn Benson, Elizabeth Hampsten, and Kathryn Sweeny. Grand Forks, N.D.: University of North Dakota, 1988. “Conversions” 23-27.
The Discovery of American & Other Myths: A New World Reader, edited by Thomas Christensen and Carol Christensen. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1992. "The Crown of Columbus," 210-214.

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Earth Power Coming, edited by Simon Ortiz. Tsaile, AZ: Navajo Community College Press, 1983. “American Horse,” 59-72.
Earth Song, Sky Spirit: Short Stories of the Contemporary Native American Experience, edited by Clifford E. Trafzer. N.Y., N.Y.: Doubleday, 1992. “Grandpa Kashpaw’s Ghost,” 199-206.
Page 197 provides a biographical paragraph on Erdrich. Part of "Love Medicine" from Love Medicine (pp. 208-215) and Love Medicine II (pp. 250-258).

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The Faber Book of Contemporary Stories About Childhood, edited by Lorrie Moore. London and Boston, MA: Faber and Faber, 1997. "Saint Marie," pp.
Fiction: A HarperCollins Pocket Anthology, compiled by R.S. Gwynn. N.Y., N.Y.: HarperCollins College Publishers, 1993. “Fleur,” 343-354.
Fiction 50: An Introduction to the Short Story, edited by James H. Pickering. N.Y., N.Y.: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1993. "Mauser," 300-306.
Pp. 305-306 present "Questions for Study."
Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Stories (8th ed.), edited by James H. Pickering. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1998. "Mauser," 394-400.

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The Gift of Birds: True Encounters with Avian Spirits, edited by Larry Habegger and Amy Greimann Carlson. San Francisco, CA: Travelers' Tales, 1999. " Crazy Courage," 81-83.
Excerpted from The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year.
God: Stories, edited by C. Michael Curtis. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. “Satan: Hijacker of a Planet,” 55-64.
The Granta Book of the Family, N.Y., N.Y.: Granta Books, 1995. "The Names of Women," 374-378.
The Graywolf Annual Two: Short Stories by Women, edited by Scott Walker. Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1986. "The Beet Queen," 15-31.
Included in The Beet Queen [1986] - appearing as “The Branch” and “Chapter One: 1932 [Mary Adare section], 1-21.
The Graywolf Annual Seven: Stories from the American Mosaic, edited by Scott Walker. Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1990. “American Horse,” 31-44.
Growing Up Ethnic In America, edited by Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Jennifer Gillan. N.Y., N.Y.: Penguin Books, 1999. "The Red Convertible," 103-114.
Growing Up Native American, edited by Patricia Riley. N.Y., N.Y.: Morrow, 1993. “Saint Marie,” 151-166.
Also includes an excerpt from Dorris’s A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, pp. 307-324. Page 151 is largely biographical information on Erdrich.
From Love Medicine and Love Medicine II.

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The Harper Anthology of Fiction, edited by Sylvan Barnet. N.Y., N.Y.: Harper Collins Publishers, 1991. “Fleur,” 1229-1238.
From Tracks.
Heart of the Land: Essays on Last Great Places, edited by Joseph Barbato and Lisa Weinerman of The Nature Conservancy. N.Y., N.Y.: Pantheon Books, 1994. “Big Grass (Northern Tallgrass Prairie, N.D.)," 145-150.
How We Live Now: Contemporary Multicultural Literature, edited by John Repp. Boston, MA: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1992. "The Leap," 199-204.
Also includes Dorris's "Life Stories (essay)," pp. 519-524.
This short story was later included in Tales of Burning Love [1996].

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Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land, edited by Wesley Brown and Amy Ling. N.Y., N.Y.: Persea Books, 1991. “American Horse,” 196-206.
Imaging Worlds, edited by Marjorie Ford and Jon Ford. N.Y., N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1995. "American Horse," 638-648.
Pages 647-648 present "Questions And Considerations" for the reader. Also includes the poem "Windigo" (pp. 1019-1020) and Dorris's "Life Stories," pp. 342-247.
In Praise of Mothers: a Literary Anthology, edited by Lilly Golden. N.Y., N.Y.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994. “The Leap,” 102-111.
Dorris’ “Groom Service” is included on pp. 131-50. This short story was later included in Tales of Burning Love [1996].
Indiscreet Journeys: Stories of Women on the Road. Lisa St. Aubin de Teran. Boston, MA: Faber and Faber, 1990. “The Beet Queen,” 1-15.
Included in The Beet Queen [1986] - appearing as “The Branch”, and “Chapter One: 1932 [Mary Adare section], pp. 1-21.
The Invisible Enemy: Alcoholism & The Modern Short Story, edited by Miriam Dow and Jennifer Regan. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1989. “Crown of Thorns,” 156-170.

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Kaleidoscope: Stories of the American Experience. Barbara Perkins and George Perkins. N.Y., N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1993. “The Red Convertible,” pp. 670-678.

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Language: Readings in Language and Culture (6th ed.), edited by Virginia Clark, Paul Escholz, and Alfred Rosa. N.Y., N.Y.: St. Martins Press, 1998. “The Names of Women,” pp.
The Lightning Within: an Anthology of Contemporary American Indian Fiction, edited by Alan Velie. Lincoln, NB and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1991. “Love Medicine” 108-130.
Page 107 provides a brief biography of Erdrich anda short summation of "Love Medicine." Also inludes Dorris’s “Rayon’s Seduction,” pp.131-161.
Velie argues that Erdrich’s “account of the way Lipsha and his grandmother accidently kill Nector Kashpaw is reminiscent of Shakespeare’s account of the death of Falstaff in the way it combines humor and pathos.”(107)
Living in America: A Popular Culture Reader, edited by Patricia Murray and Scott Covell. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1998.
Louder Than Words, edited by William Shore. N.Y., N.Y.: Vintage Books, 1989. “A Wedge of Shade,” 136-148.
Revision of The New Yorker (1990) version; later included in Tales of Burning Love [1996] (pp. 16-30).
A Loving Voice: A Caregiver’s Book of Read-Aloud Stories for the Elderly, edited by Carolyn Banks and Janis Rizzo. Philadelphia, PA: The Charles Press, 1992. “The Leap,” 128-135.
This short story was later included in Tales of Burning Love [1996].
Lust, Violence, Sin, Magic: Sixty Years of Esquire Fiction, edited by Rust Hills, Will Blythe and Erika Mansourian. N.Y., N.Y.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. “Fleur,” 567-579.

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Major American Short Stories, edited by A. Walton Litz. N.Y., N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1994. "Snares," 828-836.
Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers, selected by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Denise Little, and Robert Weinberg. N.Y., N.Y.: Barnes and Noble, 1998. “Fleur,” 127-140.
Mothers and Daughters: An Anthology, edited by Alberto Manguel. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1998. "A Wedge of Shade," 323-335.
From Tales of Burning Love [1996] (pp. 16-30).
A Mother's World: Journey's of the Heart, edited by Marybeth Bond and Pamela Michael. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly and Associates, 1998. "Nests," 48-49.
"Where the Desert Blooms" by Janet Strassman Perlmutter (pp. 17-21) includes an excerpt from The Blue Jay's Dance.
The Movie That Changed My Life, edited by David Rosenberg. N.Y., N.Y.: Viking, 1991. “Z: The Movie That Change My Life,” 197-203.
My Mother’s Daughter: Stories by Women, edited by Irene Zahava. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1991. “The Leap,” 231-239.
This short story was later included in Tales of Burning Love [1996].

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Native American Literature: A Brief Introduction and Anthology, edited by Gerald Vizenor. N.Y., N.Y.: HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995. "Louise Erdrich," 206-225. Pages 208-225 are “Love Medicine;” also includes includes the poems "Indian Boarding School: The Runaways,” and “Turtle Mountain Reservation” (286-289).
Native American Literature: An Anthology, compiled by Lawana Trout. Lincolnwood, IL: NTC Publishing Group, 1999. "Bingo Van," 504-515.
Reprinted from The New Yorker [1990] version - not the edited version of “Chapter Seven: The Bingo Van” in The Bingo Palace [1994].
Nature Writing: The Tradition in English, edited by Robert Finch and John Elder. N.Y., N.Y. and London: W.W. Norton, 2002. “Big Grass,” 1043-1047.
The New Native American Novel: Works in Progress, edited by Mary Dougherty Bartlett. Albuquerque, NM: Published for New America by the University of New Mexico Press, 1986. “The Manifestation at Argus,” 3-18.
Appears as “ChapterTwo: 1932” in The Beet Queen [1986], pp. 27-44.
New Worlds of Literature (2nd ed.), edited by Jerome Beaty and J. Paul Hunter. N.Y., N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 1994. "Fleur," 815-825.
Also includes the poem "Jacklight", pp. 292-294.
The Nightmare Considered: Critical Essays on Nuclear War Literature, edited by Nancy Anisfield. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1991. “The Day After Tomorrow: Novelists at Armageddon,” 52-57.
The Norton Anthology of American Literature (3rd ed.), vol. 2. N.Y., N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 1989. "Lulu's Boys," 2364-2372.
Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction, edited by R. V. Cassill. N.Y., N.Y.: W.W. Norton and Company, 1988. “Saint Marie,” 130-141.
Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction (2nd ed.), edited by R. V. Cassill and Joyce Carol Oates. N.Y., N.Y.: W.W. Norton and Company, 1998. "Saint Marie," 186-198.
The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction (4th ed.), edited by R.V. Cassill. N.Y., N.Y.: W.W. Norton and Company, 1990. "Matchimanito," 478-493.
The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition (5th), edited by Thomas Cooley. N.Y., N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 1997. “Skunk Dreams,” 422-432.
Nothing But the Truth: An Anthology of Native American Literature, edited by John Purdy and James Ruppert. N.Y., N.Y.: Prentice Hall, 2001. “The Red Convertible,” 232-239.

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On Writing Short Stories, edited by Tom Bailey. N.Y., N.Y. and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. “Saint Marie,” 227-237.
Our Mutual Room: Modern Literary Portraits of the Opposite Sex, edited by Emily Ellison and Jane B. Hill. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, 1987. "The Plunge of the Brave" 111-125.
Excerpt. Also includes an excerpt from Dorris's A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (pp. 59-80)
Out of the Garden: Women Writers on the Bible, edited by Christina Buchmann and Celina Spiegel. N.Y., N.Y.: Fawcett Columbine, 1994. “The Preacher,” 234-237.
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, edited by Joyce Carol Oates. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. "Fleur," 727-740.
Page 727 is biographical information on Erdrich.

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Paper Trail: Essays by Michael Dorris. N.Y., N.Y.: Harper Collins Publishers, 1994. “The Hundred Year War for White Earth” [written with Dorris], 207-226.
A Place of Sense: Essays in Search of the Midwest, edited by Michael Martone. University of Iowa Press for the Iowa Humanities Board, 1988. “A Writer’s Sense of Place,” 34-44.
A Pocketful of Prose: Contemporary Short Fiction, edited by David Madden. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1992. “The Leap,” 11-16.
This short story was later included in Tales of Burning Love [1996].
Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories, edited by James Moffett and Kenneth R. McElhery. N.Y., N.Y.: Mentor, 1995. “Scales,” 329-342.
The Portable Western Reader, edited by William Kittredge. N.Y., N.Y.: Penguin Books, 1997. “Fleur,” 61-73.
Pp. 60-61 provides biographical information on Erdrich.
Prairie Volcano: An Anthology of North Dakota Writing, edited by Martha Meek and Jay Meek. Moorhead, MN: Dakotah Territory Press; Grand Forks, N.D.: St. Ives Press, 1995. "A Love Medicine" and "Indian Boarding School: The Runaways," 58-60.
poems
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Women's Literature, edited by Deborah H. Holdstein. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2000. "Skunk Dreams," 1022-1031.
Prize Stories 1985: The O. Henry Awards, edited by William Abrahams. N.Y., N.Y.: Doubleday, 1985. "Saint Marie," 103-115.
Prize Stories 1987: The O. Henry Awards, edited by William Abrahams. N.Y., N.Y.: Doubleday, 1987. “Fleur,” 1-14.
Prize Stories 1998: The O. Henry Awards, edited by Larry Dark. N.Y., N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1998. "Satan: Hijacker of a Planet," 357-367.
The Pushcart Prize, XIX: Best of the Small Presses, edited by Bill Henderson. Wainscott, NY: The Pushcart Press, 1995. “Skunk Dreams,” 196-206.
The Pushcart Book of Essays: The Best Essays from a Quarter Century of Pushcart Prize, edited by Anthony Brandt. Wainscott, NY: Pushcart Press, 2002. “Skunk Dreams,” pp.

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Reinventing the Enemy’s Language: Contemporary Native Women’s Writing of North America, edited by Joy Harjo and Gloria Bird. N.Y., N.Y.: W.W. Norton and Company, 1997. “The World’s Greatest Fisherman,” 411-446
Also includes the poem “Fooling God,” 463-464.
Responding to Literature (3rd ed.), edited by Judith A. Stanford. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing, 1999. "The Red Convertible," 167-175.

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The Sacred Earth: Writers on Nature and Spirit, edited by Jason Gardner. Novato, CA: New World Library, 1998. "Big Grass" [excerpt], 119.
Sacred Ground: Writings About Home, edited by Barbara Bonner. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 1996. “The Names of Women,” 86-91.
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American Stories Since 1970, edited by Lex Williford and Michael Martone. N.Y., N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1999. “Saint Marie,” 276-287.
The Seasons of Women: an Anthology, edited by Gloria Norris. N.Y., N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 1996. “A Cold Frozen Day,” 42-45.
Part of “Chapter Two: 1932” (Mary Adare section) of The Beet Queen [1986].
The full chapter was published as “The Manifestation at Argus” prior to the publication to The Beet Queen. Part of this chapter was also published under the title “Sita Kozka.”
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces (2nd ed), edited by Beverly Lawn. N.Y., N.Y.:St. Martin's Press, 1992. "Fleur," 425-438.
Sister Nations: Native American Women Writers on Community, edited by Heid Erdrich and Laura Tohe. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002. "The Shawl," 70-77.
Also includes writings by two other Erdrich sisters - Heid E. Erdrich and Lise Erdrich.
Skins: Contemporary Indigenous Writing, edited by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Josie Douglas. Ontario, CA: Kegedonce Press; Alice Springs, Australia: IAD Press, 2000. "Grandpa Kashpaw's Ghost," 73-78.
Smoke Rising: The Native North American Literary Companion, edited by Janet Witalec with Sharon Malinowski. Detroit, MI: Visible Ink Press, 1995. "Love Medicine," 156-176.
Pages 153-155 is Brigham Narins’ “Louise Erdrich” essay.
Pp. 137-152 are an essay by Ruth Rosenberg entitled “Michael Dorris” (p. 137), and an excerpt from A Yellow Raft in Blue Water.
Song of the Turtle: American Indian Literature 1974-1994, edited by Paula Gunn Allen. N.Y., N.Y.: Ballantine Books, 1996. “Lipsha’s Luck,” 231-257.
Also includes Dorris’s “Groom Service,” pp. 276-288.
The Sound of Writing, edited by Alan Cheuse and Caroline Marshall. N.Y., N.Y.:Anchor Books, 1991. “The Immaculate Conception of Carson Dupre,” 91-95.
Spider Woman’s Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women, edited by Paula Gunn Allen. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1989. “American Horse,” 41-52.
Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West, 1950 to the Present, edited by Larry McMurtry. N.Y., N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 2000. “The Red Convertible,” 184-195.
Stories Migrating Home: A Collection of Anishinaabe Prose, edited by Kimberly Blaeser. Bemidji, MN: Loonfeather Press, 1999. "Tracks, Book Two: An Excerpt" [The House], 11-17.
This is a previously unpublished excerpt from the project that ultimately became Erdrich's third novel - Tracks.
This collection also includes "Looking for St. Joe" by Lise Erdrich (21-35) and "Indians Who've Been to Paris" by Heid E. Erdrich (145-156).
Summer, edited by Alice Gordon and Vincent Virga. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1990. “Winter Gardens” 46-51.
Pages 47 and 51 are photographs not directly related to the text. Also includes “In the Summer Business,” 111-117, by Dorris.
From The Blue Jay’s Dance.
Survival This Way: Interviews with American Indian Poets, edited by Joseph Bruchac. Tucson: AZ: Sun Tracks and University of Arizona, 1987. “Whatever is Really Yours: An Interview with Louise Erdrich,” 73-86.
Includes the poem “Indian Boarding Schools: The Runaways.”

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Talking Leaves: Contemporary Native American Short Stories, edited by Craig Lesley. N.Y., N.Y.: Laurel Trade Paperback, 1991. “The Bingo Van,” 82-99.
Reprinted from The New Yorker [1990] version - not the edited version of “Chapter Seven: The Bingo Van” in The Bingo Palace [1994].
Includes Dorris’s “Queen of Diamonds” (from A Yellow Raft in Blue Water), pp. 46-60.
That’s What She Said: Contemporary Poetry and Fiction by Native American Women, edited by Rayna Green. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1984. "Scales," 97-107.
"Scales" is from Love Medicine and Love Medicine II.
Note: This anthology also includes several poems from Jacklight - see pp. 85-107 (Jacklight; Balinda’s Dance; The Lady in the Pink Mustang; The Strange People; Snow Train; Painting of a White Gate and Sky; Dear John Wayne; Turtle Mountain Reservation).
Through the Eyes of a Deer: An Anthology of Native American Women Writers, San Francisco, CA: Aunt Lute Books, 1999. "Onaubin-geezis/Crust on the Snow Sun," 171-193.
From Tracks (chapter 3).
Touchwood: A Collection of Ojibway Prose, edited by Gerald Vizenor. St. Paul, MN: New Rivers Press 1987. Many Minnesotas Project Number 3. "Love Medicine," 103-119.
Transforming a Rape Culture, edited by Emilie Buchwald, Pamela R. Fletcher, and Martha Roth. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Press, 1993. “The Veils,” 335-339.
From The Blue Jay’s Dance.
Turning Toward Home: Reflections on the Family from Harper’s Magazine, edited by Katharine Whittemore and Ilena Silverman. N.Y., N.Y.: Franklin Square Press, 1993. “A Woman’s Work,” 65-80.
From The Blue Jay’s Dance.

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The Unfeigned Word: Fifteeen Years of New England Review, edited by T.R. Hummer and Devon Jersild. Hanover, MA: University Press of New England for Middlebury College, 1993. "The Plunge of the Brave," 57-70.

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The Vietnam Reader: The Definitive Collection of Fiction and Nonfiction on the War, edited by Stewart O'Nan. N.Y., N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1998. "A Bridge," 561-571.
Note: Pages 541-542 compares this Love Medicine chapter to Larry Heinemann's National Book Award-winning Paco's Story (1986).
Voices Under One Sky: Contemporary Native Literature, edited by Trish Fox Roman. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1994. “The Leap,” 161-168.
This short story was later included in Tales of Burning Love [1996].

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We Are the Stories We Tell: The Best Short Stories by North American Women Since 1945, edited by Wendy Martin. N.Y., N.Y.: Pantheon Books, 1990. “Fleur,” 289-303.
From Tracks.
Who do You Think You Are?: Stories of Friends and Enemies, selected by Hazel Rochman and Darlene Z. McCampbell. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1993. "The Red Convertible," 134-143.
From Love Medicine and Love Medicine II
The Woman That I Am: The Literature and Culture of Contemporary Women of Color, edited by D. Soyini Madison. N.Y., N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, 1994. “American Horse,” 187-196.
Also includes “Dear John Wayne” [poem] pp. 68-69.
Women In the Wild: True Stories of Adventure and Connection, edited by Lucy McCauley. San Francisco, CA: Travelers' Tales Inc., 1998. "Skunk Dreams," 154-166.
Women on Hunting, edited by Pam Houston. Hopewell, N.J.: Ecco Press, 1994. “The Wandering Room,” 23-32.
This short story was revised and later included in Tales of Burning Love [1996] (pp. 286-295).
Women’s Work: An Anthology of American Literature, edited by Barbara Perkins, Robyn Warhol, and George Perkins. N.Y., N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1994. “Fleur,” 1157-1165.
Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times. New York Times. N.Y., N.Y.: Times Books, 2001. “Two Languages in Mind, But Just One in the Heart,” 54-59.
Writing in a Nuclear Age,, edited by Jim Schley. Hanover, MA and London: University Press of New England, 1984. "Nuclear Detergent,” 175-183.
[Reprint of a special issue (Summer 1983; vol. 4 no. 4) of New England Review and Bread Loaf Quarterly (ISSN 1053-1297) with title “Writers in the Nuclear Age.”].

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The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. N.Y., N.Y.: St. Martins Griffin, 2001. “Le Mooz;” 13-21.

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