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  <title><![CDATA[Baptism of Desire: Poems]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;P&gt;A second book of poetry by Louise Erdich, author of the bestselling and award winning novels&lt;I&gt; Love Medicine, The Beet Queen&lt;/I&gt; and &lt;I&gt;Tracks&lt;/I&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Baptisim by blood, water, or desire is necessary for salvation in Roman Catholic tradition, and baptism of desire in the term used for the leap of trust by which a sincere believer can experience spiritual regeneration. Louise Erdrich's poems are acts of redemption. Everywhere evident is Erdrich's unique capacity for finding the perfect word, the fresh, yet absolutely right, metaphor that makes her wrk both profound and accessable.&lt;/P&gt;</default-description>
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    <body><![CDATA[Of Erdrich's books of poetry, this one is my favorite. One poem, which begins &quot;I am sorry I ruined the oatmeal,&quot; is a potent litany of apologies from what sounds like a woman being criticized for every little thing she does. I enjoy her humility and understand her crippling love. At times ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4330013">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As you may know, her prose is poetic...and her poetry is gorgeous!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[free from somerville library (along with 15 other books i took home from their purging of old editions!) and oh so good and out of print and i'msolucky yay. i love this woman. i consider her the only other magical realist faulkneresque writer in the US besides <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6149.Beloved" title="Beloved by Toni Morrison">toni morrison</a>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38661441">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Erdrich; therefore: powerful, heartful, soulful, rain in the forest.]]></body>
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