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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books
  • First Book:
    July 1994
  • Latest Book:
    October 2017
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Book List in Order: 5 titles



  • Highway 18 between Mission and Okreek, South Dakota, is a stretch of no more than eighteen miles, but late at night or in a blizzard it seems endless. "It feels like being somewhere between South Dakota and 'there,'" says Simon Ortiz, "perhaps...



  • When Faustin, the old Acoma, is given his first television set, he considers it a technical wonder, a box full of mystery. What he sees on its screen that first day, however, is even more startling than the television itself: men have landed on the m...



  • This is the story of two courageous boys and of how they saved their village.

    Their village is called Haapaahnitse, Oak Place, and it lies at the foot of a mountain. Once there was a lake and a stream nearby, but they have dried up. Once rain...



  • Told in the rhythms of traditional oral narrative, this powerful telling of the history of the Native/Indigenous peoples of North America recounts their story from Creation to the invasion and usurpation of Native lands. As more and more people ar...



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Simon J. Ortiz has published 5 books.

Simon J. Ortiz does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, People Shall Continue, was published in October 2017.

The first book by Simon J. Ortiz, After and Before the Lightning, was published in July 1994.

No. Simon J. Ortiz does not write books in series.