Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“Talty brings an abundance of love and skill to his accounts of troubled lives. The ingenious structure and heartbreaking stories make this unforgettable.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Read MoreKirkus, Starred Review
“Ranging from grim to tender, these stories reveal the hardships facing a young Native American in contemporary America.” —Kirkus, Starred Review
Read MoreWHAT’S THE BUZZ: 40 OF THE BEST SUMMER READS FOR 2022
“This is one of the most highly anticipated story collections of the year! In 12 incendiary stories set in a Native community in Maine, Talty illustrates what it means to be Native in America in the 21st century.” —Book Riot
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“In these searing, devastating and often darkly funny stories, we come to know a community of Native people living on a Maine Penobscot reservation in all of their complexity and drive for survival. There's family tragedy, struggle with drugs and deep poverty, but there's also children with a plucky spirit, adults who grapple for purchase against all odds and an abiding love that will stay with you for a long time.” —Good Housekeeping
Read More“Interview with Author Morgan Talty” — Aspiring Author
“I am continually inspired by Morgan—not just by his writing, which is resonant, gorgeous, and deeply human, but also by his gratitude for each of his successes, his abiding love of storytelling, and his overall decency.”
Read More“In a Jar” — Granta Magazine
“It was a glass jar filled with hair and corn and teeth. The teeth were white with a tint of yellow at the root. The hair was gray and thin and loose. And the corn was kind of like the teeth, white and yellow and looked hard.”
Read MoreWriters to Watch: Spring 2022 — The Millions
“. . . at the end of the day, I’m very focused on these characters’ problems and how they’re unique to themselves, but also how we experienced them on a broader level. I’m writing it for Penobscot people, but non-Native folks as well.” — Morgan Talty
Read More“Burn” featured in Snow: A Winter Reading Anthology — Narrative Magazine
“Like all great literature, these snowy stories and poems invite us to open our hearts to complex and unexpected truths.”
Read More22 Great New Books to Read in 2022 — Book Riot
“These [Night of the Living Rez] are 12 incredible stories about being Penobscot in the 21st century, set in a Native community in Maine. They are haunting, insightful, and just plain excellent.” — Liberty Hardy
Read MoreMorgan Talty Receives National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that Morgan Talty is one of 35 writers who will receive a FY 2022 Creative Writing Fellowship of $25,000.
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