The Mother's Tongue (Earthworks S.) [Paperback]

Heid E. Erdrich (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1844710602 | ISBN-13: 978-1844710607 | Publication Date: April 1, 2005 | Edition: 1st Ed.

Poems that consider and figure women's experiences of work, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering within the particular contexts of the prairie landscape, American Indian cultures and Ojibwe language recovery.

Editorial Reviews

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"Heid Erdrich has come into her creative power." -- Joy Harjo

"She is an original. Buy this book now." -- Sherman Alexie

"a perfect fusion of music and painting, power and subtlety, emotion and intelligence." -- Wang Ping

About the Author

Heid E. Erdrich, author of Fishing for Myth poems from New Rivers Press and co-editor of Sister Nations anthology from the Minnesota Historical Society Press, has won awards from The Loft Literary Center, Minnesota State Arts Board, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers, and the Archibald Bush Foundation. She founded Birchbark Books Press with her sister, author Louise Erdrich. Her degrees are from Dartmouth College and Johns Hopkins University. A member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibway, she was raised in Wahpeton, North Dakota where her parents taught at the Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school. She teaches at The University of St. Thomas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Salt Publishing; 1st Ed. edition (April 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844710602
• ISBN-13: 978-1844710607
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,048,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Winner of the 2009 Minnesota Book Award for her poetry collection National Monuments, Heid E. Erdrich has authored three books of poems and co-edited Sister Nations: Native American Women on Community. Her first play, Curiosities, was produced by Pangea World Theater in 2010. She is Ojibwe, enrolled at Turtle Mountain. Heid grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota and attended Dartmouth College and Johns Hopkins University. Heid has taught writing for twenty years at colleges, universities and as a visiting author. In 2012 her new and selected works will be published. Heid's official website is heid.erdrich.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars Honest and lyrical, May 20, 2008

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MN Poetry Reader (MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mother's Tongue (Earthworks S.) (Paperback)

Heid Erdrich's book is a beautiful meditation on motherhood, heritage, and the varied and unpredictable facets of love. A very necessary book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Multi-layered poems of experience, May 19, 2008

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Palimpsest "Palimpsest" (minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mother's Tongue (Earthworks S.) (Paperback)

This funny, wise, human voice encompasses the full range of childbirth and raising children. A beautiful book.

5.0 out of 5 stars a dip into the honeypot of poetry, April 19, 2006

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Dark Lake "dark lake" (minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mother's Tongue (Earthworks S.) (Paperback)

These lyric poems spin a web that will capture your heart as you experience to joy of a woman who has made the bitterweet journey to cross the river of motherhood. Don't stand on the shore--pick up this book and indulge yourself in the sweetness of these mother's songs.