Hans Bak, "The Kaleidoscope of History Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich's The Crown of Columbus (with a coda on Gerald Vizenor's The Heirs of Columbus," in Deferring a Dream Literary Sub-versions of the American Columbiad, edited by Gert Buelens and Ernst Rudin, Birkhauser Verlag, 1994, pp 99-119
An analysis of how Dorris's novels rewrite history by including the previously marginalized perspectives of Native Americans.
Anatole Broyard, "Eccentricity Was All They Could Afford," review in The New York Times Book Review, June 7, 1987, p.7.
This review argues that Dorris's excellent writing and complex plot give significance to the otherwise uneventful lives of his characters.
Allan Chavkin and Nancy Feyl Chavkin, editors, Convers ations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris, University Press of Mississippi, 1994.
These interviews with Michael Dorris and/or Louise Erdrich, his wife, help explain.....
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