This writer, who experimented with open verse in "Comparatives," also worked in more traditional forms, in such pieces as "Before an Old Painting of the Crucifixion," and outlined his aesthetic theory in the essay "The Man Made of Words."  Another work by this man, which consists of twenty four pieces arranged into three divisions entitled "The Setting Out," "The Going On," and "The Closing In," begins with the short poem "Headwaters" and tells of a journey to a titular summit.  This author, whose time at Stanford with his teacher and friend, Yvor Winters, is recounted in the autobiographical 
This writer, who experimented with open verse in "Comparatives," also worked in more traditional forms, in such pieces as "Before an Old Painting of the Crucifixion," and outlined his aesthetic theory in the essay "The Man Made of Words."  Another work by this man, which consists of twenty four pieces arranged into three divisions entitled "The Setting Out," "The Going On," and "The Closing In," begins with the short poem "Headwaters" and tells of a journey to a titular summit.  This author, whose time at Stanford with his teacher and friend, Yvor Winters, is recounted in the autobiographical The Names, juxtaposes a young woman's Billy the Kid fantasies with traditional bear stories in Ancient Child, while "The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee" draw on the oral traditions of his Kiowa heritage.  For 10 points, identify this author of The Way to Rainy Mountain and House Made of Dawn.
This writer, who experimented with open verse in "Comparatives," also worked in more traditional forms, in such pieces as "Before an Old Painting of the Crucifixion," and outlined his aesthetic theory in the essay "The Man Made of Words."  
N. Scott Momaday