Heid E. Erdrich authored three poetry collections including National Monuments from Michigan State University Press and the soon to be re-issued Fishing for Myth from New Rivers Press. She also authored The Mother’s Tongue, Salt Publishing’s Earthworks series, and co-edited Sister Nations: Native American Women on Community, Minnesota Historical Society Press. Heid has been recipient of two Minnesota State Arts Board fellowships, awards from The Loft Literary Center, the Archibald Bush Foundation, and has four times been nominated for the Minnesota Book Award which she won in 2009. You can buy her books at www.birchbarkbooks.com
A member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibway, Heid grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota. She earned degrees from Dartmouth College and The Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars. She and her sister Louise Erdrich recently co-founded a non-profit clearinghouse for indigenous language-centered literature called Birchbark House.
NEWS: Please take a look at Reviews & Links (above) for recent press. Also above, check out my travels on Visiting Writer and my updated Vita. In 2009, my work has been finalist for a number of awards, including the Midwest Booksellers Choice award and Bush Arts Fellowship, so it’s been a bridesmaid year!
Books by Heid E. Erdrich
National Monuments
The Mother's Tongue
Fishing for Myth
Sister Nations
