The Round House is part of Erdrich's "Justice Trilogy." The other two books in the trilogy are The Plague of Doves and LaRose. The three books are connected by reoccurring characters and themes as well as the familial ties between characters in the books.
Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos is a collection of essays dealing with the personal and cultural identity issues Native people often face. It also covers ancestral trauma, cultural myths, storytelling, and familial relationships.
Erdrich's narrative writing style is not so different than her poetic writing style. Looking across both could be an interesting window into the power of her writing in general. Her books of poetry are...
