San Antonio College Library

While Silko, Momaday, and Welch are the most prominent contemporary Native writers--in no small measure because all write novels which are both more profitable and more popular than poetry or short stories--other Indian writers have also gained distinction, though perhaps in smaller circles. One of these other writers has certainly been Simon Ortiz, Acoma poet and fiction writer. His associations with Silko and Momaday, as well as with other Native...