Louise Erdrich Reads Karen Russell

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Louise Erdrich joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Haunting Olivia,” by Karen Russell, which was published in The New Yorker in 2005. Erdrich has published more than a dozen books of fiction, including “The Round House,” “LaRose,” and “The Night Watchman,” which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2021. A new novel, “The Mighty Red,” is coming out in October.