Editing Louise Erdrich (section)

===Nonfiction and teaching===
In addition to fiction and poetry, Erdrich has published nonfiction. ''The Blue Jay's Dance'' (1995) is about her pregnancy and the birth of her third child.<ref>{{Cite web |date=n.d. |title=The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year by Louise Erdrich |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780060171322 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref> ''Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country'' (2003) traces her travels in northern Minnesota and Ontario's lakes following the birth of her youngest daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/erdrich/about.htm|title=About Louise Erdrich|author=Department of English|publisher=University of Illinois|date=2001|access-date=May 22, 2016|archive-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602004647/http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/erdrich/about.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>