Original Fire: Selected and Ne Poems [Paperback]

A passionate book of poetry from New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich.

In this important collection, award-winning author Louise Erdrich has selected poems from her two previous books of poetry,JacklightandBaptism of Desire, and has added nineteen new poems to composeOriginal Fire.

“These molten poems radiate with the ferocity of desire, and in them Erdrich does not spin verse so much as tell tales—of betrayal and revenge, of hunting and being hunted.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

The poems are hypnotic and retain an emphatic passionate fire.Essential reading for fans of Erdrichs fiction, this volume can be expected to draw poetry readers into the fold.Artistically impressive and highly entertaining.Erdrich is profoundly sensual, frankly bawdy and slyly comedic.