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Erdrich, Louise, “The Blue Jay’s Dance: A Birth Year” (Harper Collins 1995)

Every birth is profoundly original and yet plotted a billion times, too many times. We move into the narrative with…

Christianity, Feminism, labor and delivery, Louise Erdrich, motherhood, parenthood, pregnancy, Religion, women's bodies, Writer's Life

Erdrich, Louise, “The Blue Jay’s Dance: A Birth Year” (Harper Collins 1995)

birth, Feminism, gender divide, labor and delivery, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, pregnancy, Socrates, Women, women's bodies

Erdrich, Louise, “The Blue Jay’s Dance: A Birth Year (Harper Collins 1995)

Whatever else I do, when it comes to pregnancy I am my physical self first, as are all of us…

Family, Louise Erdrich, motherhood, parenting, pregnancy, Women, women's bodies, Writer's Life

Erdrich, Louise, “The Blue Jay’s Dance: A Birth Year (Harper Collins 1995)

Writing is reflective and living is active–the two collide in the tumultuous business of caring for babies. She bathes her…

Family, Louise Erdrich, motherhood, Narratives, parenthood, parenting, Writer's Life, writing

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