Morgan Talty
American writer
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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]
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.
Night of the Living Rez 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] It won the 2022 New England Book Award for Fiction[20] and was a runner-up for the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize.[21] 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]
Fire Exit
Talty's second book, Fire Exit, was published June 4, 2024 by Tin House Books.
Personal life
Talty is married and has one son named Charlie.[25]
Awards
| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | — | Narrative Prize | — | Won | [26] |
| 2022 | Night of the Living Rez | Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award | Fiction | Shortlisted | [27] |
| National Book Critics Circle Award | John Leonard Prize | Won | [28] | ||
| New England Book Award | Fiction | Won | [29] | ||
| The Story Prize | — | Finalist | [22] | ||
| 2023 | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence | Fiction | Shortlisted | [30] | |
| Ignyte Award | Anthology/Collection | Shortlisted | [31] | ||
| Maine Literary Award | Fiction | Won | [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] | ||
| 2024 | Fire Exit | Center for Fiction First Novel Prize | — | Shortlisted | [37] |
| New England Book Award | Fiction | Shortlisted | [38] | ||
| 2025 | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence | Fiction | Longlisted | [39] | |
| International Dublin Literary Award | — | Longlisted | [40] |
Publications
Books
- —— (2022). Night of the Living Rez. Portland: Tin House Books. ISBN 9781953534187.
- —— (2024). Fire Exit. Portland: Tin House Books. ISBN 9781959030553.[41]
Short stories
- "The Prepper" in Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology (September 2023)[42]