Moon of the Crusted Snow

Moon of the Crusted SnowA daring post apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow. The community leadership loses its

the cousins need to find and return the missing bundle before the assembly comes to an end

And through it all

natural splendor

and Lazarusie and the Polar Bears reveals just how finely attuned the relationship between animals and humans can be

The four Anishinaabe authors discussed in the book

no matter what disaster strikes

forged through the loss and pain of the past

Natalie Diaz's highly anticipated follow-up to When My Brother Was an Aztec

“A portrait of an ‘iconic’ marriage on its way to dissolution…Erdrich’s unbridled urgency yields startlingly original phrasing as well as flashes of blinding lucidity

With the help of the old Métis and her peculiar Johnny-Cash-loving

and Delores Brunelle

memory and identity