The African rock python is the largest snake in Africa, thriving in habitats from forests to grasslands and often near water. This non-venomous constrictor uses strength, stealth, and heat-sensing ...

“I feel like it did,” Erdrich says with amusement, acknowledging the blurred line between her life and imagination. She’s talking about “Python’s Kiss,” a short story that is also the title of her new ...

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In my Boston Globe review of Louise Erdrich’s 2016 novel “LaRose,” I described her as “an artist of the liminal.” “Python’s Kiss,” Erdrich’s new collection of stories written over 20 years, testifies ...

Some families go to the beach or into the mountains together. Others prefer museums, movies, or theme parks. Carl Jackson’s clan, though, would rather be chasing invasive Burmese pythons through the ...