Morgan Talty, a winner of the 2021 Narrative Prize, is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation, where he grew up. He is the author of the debut story collection Night of the Living Rez, winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, the Sue Kaufman Prize, and the New England Book Award, among many others, and the novel Fire Exit (Tin House, 2024). Talty teaches at the University of Maine, Orono, and is on the faculty at the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing as well as the Institute of American Indian Arts. He lives in Levant, Maine.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- The Prepper, a short story, in Spring 2024
- Turkey Day, a short story, in Fall 2022
- The Gambler, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2020–2021
- Food for the Common Cold, a short story, in Fall 2020
- In a Jar, a short short, in Stories of the Week: 2018–2019
- Safe Harbor, a short story, in Winter 2019
- Burn, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2017–2018