Irvin Morris

Irvin Morris (born 1958) is a Navajo Nation author from the Tobaahi clan.[1] He has taught at Cornell University, the State University of New York, the University of Arizona, and Dine College. He received his MFA at Cornell University.[1] His work, From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story (1997) is a blend of Navajo creation narrative, history, fictionalized memoir, and Navajo stories.[2][3] The title is taken from the Navajo creation story about the last of five existing worlds, our own, which is called the glittering world.

Works
  • The Blood Stone. From Neon Powwow, edited by Anna Lee Walters, Northland Press, 1993.
  • Squatters. From Neon Powwow, edited by Anna Lee Walters, Northland Press, 1993.
  • Morris, Irvin. From the Glittering World : a Navajo story. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. ISBN 080612895X

References
  1. "Irvin Morris, 1958-". Native American Authors. IPL2. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  2. "From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story by Irvin Morris". 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  3. "From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story". News From Indian Country. October 31, 2001. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  • Kratzert, M. "Native American Literature: Expanding the Canon", Collection Building Vol. 17, 1, 1998, p. 4


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