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Also by Louise Erdrich:

The Mighty Red, October 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
The Round House, October 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Shadow Tag, February 2010
Hardcover
The Plague of Doves, July 2008
Paperback
The Plague of Doves, May 2008
Hardcover
The Bingo Palace, September 2006
Paperback
The Painted Drum, September 2006
Paperback
Love Medicine, August 2005
Paperback
Four Souls, July 2005
Paperback
The Master Butchers Singing Club, July 2005
Trade Size (reprint)
The Game of Silence, May 2005
Hardcover
Original Fire: Selected and New Poems, September 2004
Paperback
Tracks, March 2004
Paperback
Birchbark House, The, June 2002
Paperback
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse: A Novel, April 2002
Paperback
The Antelope Wife: A Novel, April 1999
Paperback
The Crown of Columbus, April 1999
Paperback
Tales of Burning Love: A Novel, May 1997
Paperback
The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year, April 1996
Paperback
Baptism of Desire: Poems, January 1991
Paperback

BAPTISM OF DESIRE: POEMS
By: Louise Erdrich

Harper Perennial
January 1991
On Sale: January 16, 1991
96 pages
ISBN: 0060920440
EAN: 9780060920449
Paperback
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Fiction Poetry

A second book of poetry by Louise Erdich, author of the bestselling and award winning novels Love Medicine, The Beet Queen and Tracks.

Baptisim by blood, water, or desire is necessary for salvation in Roman Catholic tradition, and baptism of desire in the term used for the leap of trust by which a sincere believer can experience spiritual regeneration. Louise Erdrich's poems are acts of redemption. Everywhere evident is Erdrich's unique capacity for finding the perfect word, the fresh, yet absolutely right, metaphor that makes her wrk both profound and accessable.