Irvin Morris

Irvin Morris (born 1958) is a Navajo Nation author from the Tobaahi clan.{{cite web | url=http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A423 | title=Irvin Morris, 1958- | publisher=IPL2 | work=Native American Authors | accessdate=December 6, 2012}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1104571.From_the_Glittering_World | title=From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story by Irvin Morris | work=2012 | accessdate=December 6, 2012}}{{cite web | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79515909.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409185731/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79515909.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 9, 2016 | title=From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story | publisher=News From Indian Country | date=October 31, 2001 | accessdate=December 6, 2012}} The title is taken from the Navajo creation story about the last of five existing worlds, our own, which is called the glittering world.