From Booklist
Erdrich and Dorris currently share great success as a literary couple with their unique collaborative relationship. The editors have selected 25 interviews for this volume of the Literary Conversations series; together, the interviewers reveal some of the sources of the magic found in the fiction of these two fascinating writers. A striking characteristic surfaces from the slew of similar questions being asked and responded to again and again in these pages. If Erdrich and Dorris have forged a distinctive partnership—and it appears they have—it is due in part to their fearless acceptance of an unprecedented level of creative participation in each other's writing. Admirers should delight in fascinating glimpses of their work process and personal lives. —Alice Joyce
| Introduction | ||
| Chronology | ||
| Life, Art Are One for Prize Novelist | 3 | |
| Intimate Collaboration or "A Novel Partnership" | 10 | |
| Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris | 19 | |
| An Interview with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris | 30 | |
| Behind Every Great Woman... ? Louise Erdrich's True-Life Adventures | 54 | |
| Writers and Partners | 64 | |
| Belles Lettres Interview: Louise Erdrich | 70 | |
| Louise Erdrich | 75 | |
| A Novel Arrangement | 80 | |
| Something Ventured | 86 | |
| Whatever Is Really Yours: An Interview with Louise Erdrich | 94 | |
| On Native Ground: An Interview with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris | 105 | |
| Marriage for Better or Words | 115 | |
| Two Native American Voices | 122 | |
| Catharsis After Denial | 128 | |
| PW Interviews: Michael Dorris | 133 | |
| Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris | 138 | |
| Louise Erdrich | 151 | |
| Tales from a Literary Marriage | 157 | |
| Double Vision: An Interview with the Authors | 168 | |
| Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris: A Marriage of Minds | 173 | |
| An Interview with Michael Dorris | 184 | |
| An Interview with Louise Erdrich | 220 | |
| Index | 255 |
Overview
From Booklist
Erdrich and Dorris currently share great success as a literary couple with their unique collaborative relationship. The editors have selected 25 interviews for this volume of the Literary Conversations series; together, the interviewers reveal some of the sources of the magic found in the fiction of these two fascinating writers. A striking characteristic surfaces from the slew of similar questions being asked and responded to again and again in these pages. If ...