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Python's Kiss

by Louise Erdrich

National Book · 2026 · Longlist
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HarperLiterary Fiction240 pagesISBN 9780063375000

Award History

AwardYearStatus
National Book Award for Fiction2026Longlist

About This Book

A collection of stories written over two decades, featuring a tribal newsletter editor, immigrant farmers, bird lovers, artists, and ordinary people at extremes of experience. Accompanied by artwork by Aza Erdrich Abe, the stories range across voices and styles. Longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award for Fiction.

About the Author

Louise ErdrichAmerican

Louise Erdrich is an American author of German and Ojibwe descent and one of the most celebrated novelists in the United States. Born in Little Falls, Minnesota, in 1954, she is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. She studied at Dartmouth College and received her MFA from Johns Hopkins University. Read more →

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