Michael Dorris Summary

The word interdisciplinary seems to have been invented just for Michael Dorris: his writing embraces both fiction and nonfiction, the themes are personal and political, and his concerns are for the in... Read more

[In the following obituary, the writer summarizes Dorris's literary achievements.] Michael Dorris, who told the story of his adopted son's battle with fetal alcohol syndrome in his aw... Read more

[Below, Lyman recounts Dorris's literary career and personal life, noting his relationship with Erdrich, his academic colleagues, and professional associations.] Michael Dorris, a prolific n... Read more

[In the following excerpt of an essay devoted to Louise Erdrich's writings, Owens examines how Native American identity is constructed in Dorris's A Yellow Raft in Blue Water.] Despit... Read more

[In the following excerpt, Lomas reviews The Broken Cord.] Dorris's craving for fatherhood is so intense that he overcomes all obstacles to become the first single man in America to be grant... Read more

[In the following review, McDermott considers the family values extolled in Morning Girl.] Christopher Columbus is a mere postscript in Morning Girl, a lovely novel by the author of A Yellow Raft i... Read more

[Below, Ferraro applauds the characterization, narration, and attention to detail he observes in A Yellow Raft in Blue Water and Working Men.] Michael Dorris's first novel, A Yellow Raft in ... Read more

[In the following review, Lyons observes "the breath and richness of contemporary American culture" in Working Men and Paper Trail.] In the current diminished relationship of literatu... Read more

[In the review of Cloud Chamber below, Scofield comments on Dorris's vision of community.] Readers who remember the quiet power of Michael Dorris' novel, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, ... Read more