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…

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

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…

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…