WIST Quotations

Erdrich, Louise -- “Insulation,” The Bingo Palace (1994)

Dave — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 21:33:22 +0000

Money helps, though not so much as you think when you don’t have it.

Louise Erdrich (b. 1954) American author, poet
“Insulation,” The Bingo Palace (1994)

Erdrich, Louise -- Love Medicine, ch. 2 (1984)

Dave — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:51:06 +0000

They clung to their rock-bottom opinions. They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.

Louise Erdrich (b. 1954) American author, poet
Love Medicine, ch. 2 (1984)
(Source)

Erdrich, Louise -- Interview with Lisa Halliday, “The Art of Fiction” #208, The Paris Review (Winter 2010)

Dave — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 22:29:32 +0000

I was a model child. It was the teacher’s mistake I am sure. The box was drawn on the blackboard and the names of misbehaving children were written in it. As I adored my teacher, Miss Smith, I was destroyed to see my name appear. This was just the first of the many humiliations of my youth that I’ve tried to revenge through my writing. I have never fully exorcised shames that struck me to the heart as a child except through written violence, shadowy caricature, and dark jokes.

Louise Erdrich (b. 1954) American author, poet
Interview with Lisa Halliday, “The Art of Fiction” #208, The Paris Review (Winter 2010)
(Source)

On the inspiration behind Dot Adare's 1st Grade teacher putting her into the "naughty box" in The Beet Queen (1986).