Master of Arts Program

Colloquium Keynote Speaker May, 2001: Simon Ortiz

Simon Ortiz. Acoma Pueblo poet and writer Simon J. Ortiz has authored and edited more than 15 books of poetry, fiction, children’s literature, and literary anthologies, including Woven Stone, From Sand Creek, After and Before the Lightening, Men on the Moon, and others. About his work he says, “To Native Americans, the oral tradition evokes a sense of cultural being, continuity, and identity. Therefore Native American culture based on oral tradition absolutely conveys a sense of Existence.” After not teaching for a decade, Simon has recently accepted a position as Professor in the English Department at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada.

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