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Original Fire: Selected and New Poems Paperback - 2004

by Louise Erdrich

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In this important new collection, her first in fourteen years, award-winning author Louise Erdrich has selected poems from her two previous books of poetry, Jacklight and Baptism of Desire, and has added nineteen new poems to compose Original Fire.

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From the publisher

"These molten poems radiate with the ferocity of desire, and in them Erdrich does not spin verse so much as tell tales--of betrayal and revenge, of hunting and being hunted." --Minneapolis Star Tribune

A passionate book of poetry from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louise Erdrich.

In this important collection, Erdrich has selected the best poems from her two previous books of poetry, Jacklight and Baptism of Desire, and added 19 new poems. In an entirely unique fashion, Original Fire unfolds the themes and introduces the characters of some of Erdrich's most acclaimed fiction. The beloved storyteller Nanapush, most recently seen in The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, appears in these poems as the questing rascal Potchikoo. And a series of poems called "The Butcher's Wife"--dating from 1984--contains, in embryo, the story of her novel, The Master Butchers Singing Club.

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In this important new collection, her first in fourteen years, award-winning author Louise Erdrich has selected poems from her two previous books of poetry, Jacklight and Baptism of Desire, and has added nineteen new poems to compose Original Fire.

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  • Title Original Fire: Selected and New Poems
  • Author Louise Erdrich
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2004-08-17
  • ISBN 9780060935344 / 0060935340
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Holiday: Valentine's Day
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Family
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
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