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Podcast: The Daily Poem
Episode: Louise Erdrich's "Indian Boarding School: The Runaways"
Description: Louise ErdrichĀ (/ĖÉĖrdrÉŖk/Ā ER-drik;[1]Ā bornĀ Karen Louise Erdrich, June 7, 1954)[2]Ā is an American author of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. Erdrich is widely acclaimed as one of the most significant writers of the second wave of theĀ Native American Renaissance. She has written 28 books in all, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children's books. In 2009, her novelĀ The Plague of DovesĀ was a finalist for theĀ Pulitzer Prize for Fictionand received anĀ Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.[4]Ā In November 2012, she received theĀ National Book Award for FictionĀ for her novelĀ The Round House.[5]Ā She is a 2013 recip...