Ortiz discusses American Indian identity in literature with David Barsamian in an interview titled Simon Ortiz, available on audiocassette from Pacifica Radio Archives, 1986.

Ortiz and five other writers from the American southwest are included on Voices of the Southwest, 2003, a six-disc recording of a conference that took place at University of New Mexico from June 9 to July 24, 2003. The recording is available from University of New Mexico Press.

Ortiz's home page at www.uta.edu/english/tim/poetry/so/ortizmain.htm is rich with information about his life and his writings.