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 …

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

We live and work with a divided consciousness. It is a beautiful enough shock to fall in love with another …

Erdrich, Louise, “Tales of Burning Love” The Art of Fiction Interview with (Harper Perennial 1996)

I think I meant that grand ideas kill first efforts. Begin with something in your range. Then write it as …

Fuentes, Carlos “On Mexican Time” A New Time for Mexico (Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1996)

In any case, voyage and narrative are twins because both signify a displacement, an abandonment of the place, the plaza, …