Indeed, the themes of Erdrich’s stories range from the effects of war on families and personal identity to loss of heritage and family and personal relationships. Likewise, many of the stories’ themes are not specifically Native American themes. Erdrich’s stories include not only Native American characters but also characters of German, Swedish, and other European descent. Even among American Indian stories, Erdrich’s stand out for their multiethnic nature. Like Leslie Marmon Silko, Linda Hogan, and Paula Gunn Allen, Erdrich has taken a place as one of the prominent female Native American authors of short fiction. Just as fiction in general has opened up to a diverse ethnic spectrum of writers, so too has short fiction, and Louise Erdrich’s (born Karen Louise Erdrich, June 7, 1954) stories stand as excellent examples of contemporary Native American literature.
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