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Irvin Morris (born 1958) is a Navajo Nation author from the Tobaahi clan. 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. His work, From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story (1997) is a blend of Navajo creation narrative, history, fictionalized memoir, and Navajo stories. 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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