The Man to Send Rain Clouds (1969)

Rom in 1948 in New Mexico, of Laguna Pueblo ancestry, Silko pub- lished "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" while an undergraduate at the University of New Mexico. The poet and novelist has taught at the University of Arizona, the University of New Mexico, and Emory University. "The reason I write," she remarked in an interview, "is to find out what I mean. I know some of the things I mean. I couldn't tell you the best things I know. And I can't know the best things I know until I write."