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Morgan Talty
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Writer / pαnawάhpskewi from the Penobscot Indian Nation / NIGHT OF THE LIVING REZ and FIRE EXIT: A NOVEL (Tin House 2024)

Founder & Director of Talty Literary

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I haven’t been on here in I don’t know how long…maybe when you needed an invite?

Damn this place is so bright feels like I just woke up.

Anyway, sup peeps
April 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Join us in welcoming @aaronjohncurtis.bsky.social to present OLD SCHOOL INDIAN with @morgantalty.bsky.social ! They will be here at Print on Wednesday, May 7 at 7pm!

"A coming-of-middle-age novel about an Ahkwesáhsne man’s reluctant return home and what it takes to heal."
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April 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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@morgantalty.bsky.social is the author of one novel, the 2024 hit Fire Exit, and one critically lauded a multi-prize-winning short story collection, Night of the Living Rez.

We're delighted that he's teaching the online Fiction workshop at StoryBoard 2025.

Apply by April 30!

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April 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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‘In Fire Exit, the stories “that make us” refuse to clarify into neat narratives.’

Philippa Conlon reviews Fire Exit by @morgantalty.bsky.social in the new @thetls.bsky.social 🔥
We tell ourselves stories | TLS
Charles, the narrator of Morgan Talty’s debut novel, Fire Exit, does not know when exactly his daughter, Elizabeth, was born. For days, he sat on the riverbank, staring at a darkened house on the othe...
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April 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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🎉Congrats @morgantalty.bsky.social !

Longlisted for the 2025 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award!
April 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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💐Congratulations @morgantalty.bsky.social!

🏆Finalist for the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize!

@newliteraryproject.bsky.social

Read more: www.newliteraryproject.org/2025-jco-fin...
March 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Great fucking book by @morgantalty.bsky.social & the most elegant reference to Romero’s work I’ve ever seen.
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February 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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#readindies month

A selection of self-published and independently published books.

Fire Exit by @morgantalty.bsky.social
(@andotherstories.bsky.social)

“We are made of stories, and if we don't know them ... how can we ever be who we really are?”

#Booksky 💙📚
#Books 📚
#Literaturesky
February 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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tinhouse.bsky.social
“A poignant story about the secrets of a white man raised on a Penobscot Reservation examines the bonds of family and the definition of heritage.”

American Library Association names 🔥Fire Exit by @morgantalty.bsky.social a 2025 Notable Book, Fiction!

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January 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Thrilled to see two Scribe books on the excellent 2025 @dublinlitaward.bsky.social longlist!

VLADIVOSTOK CIRCUS by Elisa Shua Dusapin (trans. Aneesa Abbas Higgins) and FIRE EXIT by @morgantalty.bsky.social — out in Australia next month!

Congratulations to all the longlisted authors & translators.
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January 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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@thestorygraph.com users, I'm looking to connect w/ others there @wormsinmysalad.

My favorites I read this yr were by #LouiseErdrich, #RufiThorpe, #HelenSimonson, #FredrikBackman,
@morgantalty.bsky.social @katemanne.bsky.social, @angiethomas.bsky.social and @madelinemiller.bsky.social

#BookSky💙📚
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January 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Best of 2024: @morgantalty.bsky.social

Listen: www.writersbone.com/podcastsarch... @tinhouse.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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For your sandwich generation eldest sibling with two family group chats (one for everyone, and one to process the the dysfunction of the other) who wants to start a book club because they can't find a therapist in their rural town: Fire Exit, by @morgantalty.bsky.social

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Fire Exit a book by Morgan Talty
From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. He caught brief moments of his neighbor Elizabeth's life--...
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December 18, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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Today's Book: Fire Exit - Morgan Talty
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Fire Exit – Morgan Talty
A TIME, The New Yorker, ELLE, NPR, Harper’s Bazaar Best Book of the Year. Finalist 2024 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the 2024 Maya Angelou Book Award. Longlisted for 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize, 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. “Utterly consuming. . . . Fire Exit absolutely smolders.”—Tommy Orange.
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December 12, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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It’s almost Thanksgiving, and we’re getting in the Turkey Day mood with this story by Morgan Talty (@morgantalty.bsky.social): www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/fall-...

#NarrativeMagazine #Narrative #holidayread #holidaywriting #holidaystory #Thanksgivingstory
November 27, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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‘Lean, serious, impressive … Talty’s prose is exacting and balanced … it bristles with fiercely internalised feeling and enigmatic tension.’

Michael Donkor reviews Fire Exit by @morgantalty.bsky.social for @theguardian.com.

www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
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November 26, 2024 at 11:12 AM
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❤️🔥Fire Exit by @morgantalty.bsky.social is one of @npr.org's Best Books of the Year!

"Saying goodbye to these characters was like waving goodbye to a friend after a too-short visit: wistful but grateful for the time together."

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Books We Love
Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
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November 25, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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Anthologies from @shanehawk.com and @morgantalty.bsky.social and @sgj.bsky.social and @tvayyyy.bsky.social and more!
November 25, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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andotherstories.bsky.social
‘The heart-wrenching tale of a man’s exile from his community. What makes a culture, the book asks: is it blood, or the bonds of love and protection?’

Fire Exit by @morgantalty.bsky.social is one of the best books of 2024, as chosen by @economist.com 🔥
The best books of 2024, as chosen by The Economist
Readers will never think the same way again about games, horses and spies
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November 25, 2024 at 12:30 PM
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andotherstories.bsky.social
‘Lean, serious, impressive … Talty’s prose is exacting and balanced … it bristles with fiercely internalised feeling and enigmatic tension.’

Michael Donkor reviews Fire Exit by @morgantalty.bsky.social for @theguardian.com ✨
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty review – secrets and lies in Maine
The virtues of truth-telling are explored in this tale of one man’s need to confront and reveal his past
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November 19, 2024 at 11:54 AM
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Check out LitHub for a chance to win an early galley of
🔥 FIRE EXIT by @morgantalty.bsky.social !

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Fire Exit Giveaway
Win an advanced readers copy of Fire Exit by Morgan Talty A Harpers Bazaar Best Book of 2024 • An Electric Literature Best Book of Spring • A Washington Post, Chicago Review of Books, Debutiful, Th…
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May 7, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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Love seeing two Tin House titles on Electric LIt's Best Books of Spring According to Indie Booksellers — The Skunks by Fiona Warnick & Fire Exit by @morgantalty.bsky.social!🩷❤️

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April 12, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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Want to read an early copy of debut novel 🔥FIRE EXIT by @morgantalty.bsky.social?

Goodreads has a giveaway right now -- enter here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
March 18, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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More non Natives talking about Wandering Stars than Natives. But here’s Tommy and I talking about his book—two of the many indigenous writers out there telling the necessary stories.

Thanks Esquire!

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Tommy Orange Refuses to Be Your Tour Guide to Native Life
The author of 'Wandering Stars' goes deep with Esquire on addiction, telling true stories through fiction, and writing against "literary tourism."
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March 4, 2024 at 4:17 AM
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Love seeing Summer titles Fire Exit by @morgantalty.bsky.social + Concerning the Future of Souls by Joy Williams on Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2024!⭐

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January 4, 2024 at 3:19 PM