Poetry Reading, Heid E. Erdrich

Heid E. Erdrich has authored three poetry collections: National Monuments, The Mother's Tongue, and Fishing for Myth. She has also co-edited Sister Nations: Native American Women on Community and is the recipient of many awards including fellowships from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Bush Foundation. A member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibway, Heid grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota. She earned degrees from Dartmouth College and The John 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. Come and hear the voice of a wise, funny, and original poet.