Wanna see two titans of American fiction? They’re coming to Minneapolis Central Library

Louise Erdrich and Debra Magpie Earling will discuss their work May 9.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
March 18, 2024 at 11:00AM
FILE - Author Louise Erdrich reflects on growing up in North Dakota and her new book "The Plague of Doves" at her store BirchBark Books in Minneapolis, Friday, May 16, 2008. The 23rd novel by acclaimed American author Louise Erdrich and an adult fiction debut by Trinidadian stand-up comedian Lisa Allen-Agostini were named finalists on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 for the 30,000 pound ($38,000) Women's Prize for fiction. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, File)
Author Louise Erdrich reflects on growing up in North Dakota and her book "The Plague of Doves" at her store BirchBark Books in Minneapolis. (Dawn Villella/The Associated Press)

Hot on the heels of their books being named in the “100 best fiction” titles of the last century, two writers have announced a “conversation” at Minneapolis Central Library.

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Louise Erdrich’s “The Round House” was named to the Atlantic’s “great American novels” list last week. The Minneapolis novelist will be in conversation with American Book Award recipient Debra Magpie Earling, whose “Perma Red” also was chosen, along with “The Great Gatsby,” “Passing,” “Native Son” and “The Haunting of Hill House.”

Longtime friends, Erdrich and Earling — both of whom are Indigenous — will discuss “the power of reclaiming narrative,” according to Milkweed Editions, which is presenting the event in partnership with Erdrich’s Birchbark Books.

The writers’ books will be sold before and after the free event, which is at 6:30 p.m. May 9.

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Interim books editor Chris Hewitt previously worked at the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, where he wrote about movies and theater.

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