Collections
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Night of the Living Rez | 2022 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Exit | 2024 | Buy |
Morgan Talty emerged as a major new voice in American fiction with Night of the Living Rez (2022), a story collection set among the Penobscot people of Maine. The book earned wide acclaim and numerous awards nominations for its unflinching, often darkly funny portrayal of life on and near a reservation. Talty writes about addiction, family dysfunction, cultural persistence, and the specific textures of Indigenous life in New England with a directness that avoids both romanticism and despair.
His debut novel, Fire Exit (2024), continued to explore the tensions between connection and separation in Penobscot life. Talty’s prose is spare and precise, grounded in the physical landscape of Maine and the social realities of his community. He has quickly established himself as one of the most important Indigenous writers working today.