Louise Erdrich is one of the most important contemporary Native American writers. She writes poetry and some of the most sophisticated fiction and nonfiction being produced in the United States; her novels, particularly, deserve to be read, discussed, an...

The writings of Louise Erdrich not only reflect her multilayered, complex background but also confound a variety of literary genre and cultural categories. Although she is known primarily as a successful contemporary Native American writer, Erdrich's fin...

The writings of Louise Erdrich not only reflect her multilayered, complex background but also confound a variety of literary genre and cultural categories. Although she is known primarily as a successful contemporary Native American writer, Erdrich's fin...

LAURIE: A few weeks ago, the magazine I work for celebrated its 20th anniversary at the deliciously scandal-tinged James Beard House, with a dinner cooked by four great New York chefs who'd been featured in our pages: Gray Kunz , Pichet Ong, David Burke and...

Litter from sexual activity is unpleasantly evident in High Bridge and People's parks, reflecting years of lewd conduct in the open air, police and park officials say. Discarded underwear, lubrication packets and condoms are regularly found in the bushes, and...

Sel Gris (aka Celtic Sea Salt): From coastal France, this "moist" unrefined salt gets its light-gray color from the clay and minerals in the salt flats. Historically produced by Celtic settlers in France's region of Guérande, Brittany, sel gris comes in coarse, fine, and...

The following recalls have been announced:_About 4,100 Pirates of the Caribbean sleeping bags, made in China and imported by Hoop Retail Stores LLC, because the surface paint on the sleeping bag's zipper pull has high levels of lead, which is toxic if ingested by children....