Morgan Talty

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Morgan Talty (born 1991) is a Penobscot 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

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

It was widely covered by periodicals and literary magazines. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] The book received starred reviews from Booklist , [16] Kirkus Reviews , [17] and Publishers Weekly . [18] Publishers Weekly named it one of the top ten works of fiction published in 2022. [19] Further, Night of the Living Rez won the New England Book Award for Fiction [20] and was a runner-up for the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. [21] It's also a finalist for The Story Prize. [22] It won the 2023 John Leonard Prize, awarded by the National Book Critics Circle for a first book in any genre, [23] and was shortlisted the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. [24]

Personal life

Talty is married and has one son named Charlie. [25]

Awards

YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef.
2021—Narrative Prize—Won [26]
2022Night of the Living Rez Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award FictionShortlisted [27]
National Book Critics Circle Award John Leonard Prize Won [28]
New England Book Award FictionWon [29]
2023 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence FictionShortlisted [30]
Ignyte Award Anthology/CollectionShortlisted [31]
Maine Literary Award FictionWon [32]
Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award —Shortlisted [33]
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award —Longlisted [34]
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize —Won [35]
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction —Won [36]
2024Fire Exit Center for Fiction First Novel Prize FictionShortlisted [37]
New England Book Award FictionShortlisted [38]
2025 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence FictionLonglisted [39]
2025Fire Exit International Dublin Literary Award FictionLonglisted [40]

Publications

Books

Short Stories

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References

  1. ↑ "Night of the Living Rez". Tin House. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Daley, Lauren (September 28, 2022). "Morgan Talty wins New England Book Award for 'Night of the Living Rez". Boston Globe. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  4. ↑ "Talty pens essay for The Guardian - UMaine News - University of Maine". UMaine News. August 24, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  5. ↑ Talty, Morgan (June 7, 2018). "Burn by Morgan Talty". narrativemagazine.com. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ Talty, Morgan (Fall 2019). "The Name Means Thunder". The Georgia Review. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  7. ↑ Niazi, Amil (July 1, 2022). "Beer Runs, Porcupine Hunts, Jars of Teeth and Much More". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Morgan Talty uses humor to tell the story of an indigenous tribe's struggles : NPR's Book of the Day". NPR.org. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  9. ↑ "'Night of the Living Rez' Author Morgan Talty Celebrates Penobscot Nation with Unique Story Collection". Observer. August 24, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Rising New England author speaks about debut novel, 'Night of the Living Rez'". New Hampshire Public Radio. August 9, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
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  14. ↑ Masad, Ilana (July 24, 2022). "Morgan Talty makes a riveting debut with this short story collection set in the Penobscot Reservation". Press Herald. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
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