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• DATEOctober 16, 2005
• BOOKThe Painted Drum

After the audacious debut Love Medicine in 1984, Ojibwa author Louise Erdrich became a prolific writer of poetry, children’s books, non-fiction, short stories and thirteen other novels (including The Beet Queen, Tracks, Tales of Burning Love, The Antelope Wife, The Bingo Palace, The Master Butcher’s Singing Club). Much-acclaimed The Painted Drum is her most recent book and won the National Book Award.