Louise Erdrich wins the Gish Prize, a top arts honor Louise Erdrich has received the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, recognizing her outstanding contributions to the arts The Independent UK · Sep 25
National Book Awards: Marlon James, Louise Erdrich and Karl Ove Knausgaard make long lists Marlon James' novel “The Disappearers,” about the persecution of gay men in 1980s Jamaica, is nominated for a National Book Award The Independent UK · Sep 17
A guide to the bookstores owned by your favorite authors Ann Patchett opened Parnassus Books in 2011 when physical bookstores seemed endangered AAP · Jun 1
Leaving His Mark On Houston’s Inprint Rich Levy, the man behind the Bayou City’s prestigious reading series and the brains behind Inprint, an unusual literary nonprofit, is retiring. Texas Observer · May 14
A tale of unhappy families summons the fierce politics of Louise Erdrich’s The Mighty Red “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” So begins Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, first published in 1878, the year Russia’s imperial war against the Ottoman Empire concluded – a war that had prompted international alarm about Russian expansionism and fomented internal unrest. The Conversation · Oct 20, 2024
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich review – a multifaceted rural tale A love triangle in a farming community provides the central theme in this garrulous small-town satire The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024
In brief: A Piece of Work; The Mighty Red; Jerusalem – review Simon Russell Beale’s memoir favours Shakespearean insight over showbiz gossip; a love triangle continues Louise Erdrich’s literary winning streak; and a new edition brings the holy city’s epic history up to date The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024
Percival Everett, Louise Erdrich and Jason Reynolds among finalists for $50,000 Kirkus Prizes Percival Everett’s “James,” a reworking of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the enslaved Jim’s perspective, is among the fiction finalists for the 11th annual Kirkus Prize The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2024
Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist announced Fill up your summer reading list with these books by female authors Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2022
Louise Erdrich among 6 finalists for literary Women's Prize The 23rd novel by acclaimed American author Louise Erdrich and an adult fiction debut by Trinidadian stand-up comedian Lisa Allen-Agostini are among finalists for the 30,000-pound ($38,000) Women’s Prize for fiction The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022
Six ‘wonderfully diverse’ novels make the Women’s prize shortlist Louise Erdrich, Elif Shafak and debut novelist Lisa Allen-Agostini are among the contenders offering an ‘escape’ from global crises The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022
In brief: Audience-ology; The Sentence; London, Burning – review The secret world of Hollywood test screenings, Louise Erdrich’s ambitious new ghost story, and London in the late 1970s The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2022
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich review – saved by books A Native American rebuilds her life after a prison sentence in this powerfully topical novel from the Pulitzer winner The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2022