Books teach importance of resilience, and kindness to animals

Reviews by Deborah Locke The Dancers A new children’s book, “The Dancers” by Thomas Peacock could be subtitled “Dancing With Your Heart.” The story is narrated by a little girl who tells the story of her auntie, an ogichidaquay (female warrior) who joins the Army. The auntie, deployed overseas, loses her legs when a truck […]

Collision and cooperation: A portrait of North Shore fur trade in MN

Review by Deborah Locke Gitchi Bitobig, Grand Marais: Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade By Timothy Cochrane Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press Publication Date: November 2018 Print Length: 216 pages Maybe like me, all you ever knew about the fur industry in northern Minnesota is that it existed, long ago. […]

“Indian Horse” will bring understanding and compassion to your heart

Review by Deborah Locke Indian Horse: A Novel By Richard Wagamese Milkweed Editions Publication: April 10, 2018 240 pages “Indian Horse” is a pretty rare book in that it gives a vivid picture of old time traditional Ojibwe life that included strong family and clan ties, hunting and gathering, traditional ceremonies, and storytelling. All of these […]

Rendon’s first novel is a classic, superb whodunit

BY DEBORAH LOCKE In “Murder on the Red River,” Marcie Rendon wrote the kind of book that will bother you when you need to put it down and do something else. You’ll be bothered until you start reading again and move closer to who did what to whom and why. Woven nicely through the whodunit, set […]