Morgan Talty

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Morgan Talty (Penobscot) is a writer and an assistant professor of English in Creative Writing and Native American and Contemporary Literature at the University of Maine in Orono. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Morgan Talty was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and lived there until he was six. He and his mother moved to the Penobscot Indian Nation in Maine, where he lived until the age of eighteen. He started studying creative writing in community college. [2] Talty graduated from Dartmouth College and the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing.

Career

He teaches at Stonecoast [3] and at the University of Maine. [4] His work has appeared in Narrative Magazine , Granta, RED INK and The Georgia Review . [5] [6]

Night of the Living Rez (2022)

Talty's first book, Night of the Living Rez, was published July 5, 2022 by Tin House Books.

The book received starred reviews from Booklist , [7] Kirkus Reviews , [8] and Publishers Weekly . [9] Publishers Weekly named it one of the top ten works of fiction published in 2022. [10] Further, Night of the Living Rez won the New England Book Award for Fiction [11] and was a runner-up for the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. [12] It's also a finalist for The Story Prize. [13] It won the 2023 John Leonard Prize, awarded by the National Book Critics Circle for a first book in any genre, [14] and was shortlisted the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. [15]

Publications

Books

Short Stories

Awards

Personal life

Talty is married and has one son named Charlie. [29]

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References

  1. ↑ "Night of the Living Rez". Tin House. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  2. 1 2 Daley, Lauren (28 September 2022). "Morgan Talty wins New England Book Award for 'Night of the Living Rez". Boston Globe. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Morgan Talty". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  4. ↑ "Talty pens essay for The Guardian - UMaine News - University of Maine". UMaine News. 2022-08-24. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  5. ↑ Talty, Morgan (2018-06-07). "Burn by Morgan Talty". narrativemagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  6. ↑ Talty, Morgan (Fall 2019). "The Name Means Thunder". The Georgia Review. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  7. ↑ Quamme, Margaret (October 10, 2022). "Night of the Living Rez". Booklist . Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  8. ↑ "Night at the Living Rez". Kirkus Reviews . April 22, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  9. ↑ "Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty". Publishers Weekly . 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  10. ↑ "Best Books 2022: Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  11. ↑ "Awards: New England Book Winners; B&N Discover Shortlist". Shelf Awareness . September 27, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  12. ↑ "Awards: B&N's Discover Winner, Best Books of 2022". Shelf Awareness . October 17, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  13. ↑ "Here Are This Year's Finalists for the Story Prize". LitHub . January 10, 2023.
  14. ↑ Varno, David (2023-02-01). "NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2022". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  15. ↑ "2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal Winners Announced". American Libraries. January 29, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  16. ↑ Niazi, Amil (2022-07-01). "Beer Runs, Porcupine Hunts, Jars of Teeth and Much More". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  17. ↑ "Morgan Talty uses humor to tell the story of an indigenous tribe's struggles : NPR's Book of the Day". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  18. ↑ "'Night of the Living Rez' Author Morgan Talty Celebrates Penobscot Nation with Unique Story Collection". Observer. 2022-08-24. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  19. ↑ "Rising New England author speaks about debut novel, 'Night of the Living Rez'". New Hampshire Public Radio. 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  20. ↑ Lundgren, Bill (2022-08-07). "Night of the Living Rez". Mainer . Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  21. ↑ Neilson, Sarah (2022-07-07). "Morgan Talty Captures Nuanced Reservation Life in 'Night of the Living Rez'". Shondaland. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  22. ↑ "Morgan Talty on Capturing the Uniqueness of Tribal Settings and Finding the Logic of a Story". Literary Hub. 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  23. ↑ Masad, Ilana (2022-07-24). "Morgan Talty makes a riveting debut with this short story collection set in the Penobscot Reservation". Press Herald. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  24. ↑ "New collection of stories by Penobscot writer draws national acclaim". newscentermaine.com. July 5, 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  25. ↑ "Fire Exit". Kirkus Reviews. April 5, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
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  27. ↑ "The Winners of the 2021 Narrative Prizes | Narrative Magazine". www.narrativemagazine.com. 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  28. ↑ Khan, Manal (2023-11-21). "Morgan Talty recommends what you should read for Native American Heritage Month". PEN America. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  29. ↑ nprevost (2023-09-20). "Morgan Talty - Department of English - University of Maine". Department of English. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
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