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)

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

Bird-Wilson, Lisa, “Probably Ruby” (Hogarth 2020).

She felt wild with wanting them to know all the things over-shadowed by that one thing. The imperative of a …