Download or read book After and Before the Lightning written by Simon J. Ortiz and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1994-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weather--portrayed with vivid imagery--dominates this collection, set on the prairies. In Three Days Before Spring, Snow Again, he writes: "Wind is up again, / swirling and pushing around / like it had nowhere to go, / losing and finding things / and losing them again." By the author of Woven Stone.