From NPR News, this is WEEKEND EDITION. I'm Liane Hansen. Louise Erdrich is famous for writing stories anchored in Native American mythology, but her latest novel drifts free of her literary home base ...

Chitra Divakaruni is the author of several novels. Her latest is "The Queen of Dreams." IN her latest novel, “The Painted Drum,” Louise Erdrich returns to Ojibwe territory, the fertile and powerful ...

Novelist Louise Erdrich returns to the Ojibwe world in her latest work, but The Painted Drum also explores human relationships. The central... Louise Erdrich and 'The Painted Drum' LIANE HANSEN, host: ...

Louise Erdrich has made a literary crusade of the Ojibwe tribe. Her 10th and newest novel, The Painted Drum, is no exception. While the book opens in New Hampshire, its memorable moments — the novel's ...