ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Louise Erdrich is a native of North Dakota, where she was raised by her Ojibwe-French mother and German-American father. She is the author of nine novels, including the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Love Medicine and the National Book Award Finalist The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, as well as poetry and children’s books. Her most recent novel, the highly acclaimed Master Butchers Singing Club, is a national bestseller. She lives in Minnesota with her four daughters.
OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES
JAN MORRIS A Writer’s House in Wales
OLIVER SACKS Oaxaca Journal
W. S. MERWIN The Mays of Ventadorn
WILLIAM KITTREDGE Southwestern Homelands
DAVID MAMET South of the Northeast Kingdom
GARRY WILLS Mr. Jefferson’s University
A. M. HOMES Los Angeles: People, Places, and the Castle on the Hill
JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN The Island: Martinique
FRANCINE PROSE Sicilian Odyssey
SUSANNA MOORE I Myself Have Seen It: The Myth of Hawai‘i
UPCOMING AUTHORS
ARIEL DORFMAN on Northern Chile
KATHRYN HARRISON on Santiago de Compostela
JAMAICA KINCAID on Nepal
DIANE JOHNSON on Paris
ROBERT HUGHES on Barcelona
PETER CAREY on Japan
ANNA QUINDLEN on London
BARRY UNSWORTH on Crete
GEOFFREY WOLFF on Maine
PAUL WATKINS on Norway
JON LEE ANDERSON on Andalucia
WILLIAM LEAST HEAT.MOON on Western Ireland
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS
Featuring works by some of the worlds most prominent and highly regarded literary figures, National Geographic Directions captures the spirit of travel and of place for which National Geographic is renowned, bringing fresh perspective and renewed excitement to the art of travel writing.