Flathead Living | Winter 2023
From the very first sentence of “Perma Red” by Debra Magpie Earling, Louise White Elk’s struggle is unrelenting, swallowing readers into a story that shocks, and somehow, brims with complicated, raw hope. First published in 2002, the novel is being reissued on its 20th anniversary by Milkweed Editions, reviving the lives of Louise, Baptiste Yellowknife and Charlie Kicking Woman.