“Night of the Living Rez is true storytelling. It’s a book so funny, so real, so spirited and vivid it brought me back to my own rez life and the people who made me.”

—TERESE MARIE MAILHOT, author of Heart Berries

“I am not predicting literary success for Morgan Talty, I am guaranteeing it. He is a fascinating and powerful and singular writer.”

—RICK BASS, author of For a Little While

“Night of the Living Rez delivers stories that combine the otherworldly with the everyday in ways that startle and sing. Morgan Talty portrays Maine and his Penobscot characters in language and images both beautiful and inventive. With equal parts humor and haunting, this book will linger.”

—TONI JENSEN, author of Carry

“Morgan Talty’s Night of the Living Rez is a marvel. The experience of diving into that work was like first picking up a novel by Marguerite Duras, or like reading Denis Johnson’s Jesus’ Son. The prose is masterful. It’s brutal and funny and smart and has a genuine warmth that’s rare, especially in contemporary fiction. Talty’s book has done a lot to restore my faith in the future of literature.”

—CARA HOFFMAN , author of Running

“While soaked in pain and broken promises, Night of The Living Rez delivers with a grace and dignity on par with the writings of Craig Lesley, Dawn Dumont, James Welch and Joseph Dandurand. Morgan Talty delivers on so many levels and proves that this is why Indigenous Literature continues to be its own unique and sacred blessing. I loved this book. Loved it. And I can’t wait to see what Morgan Talty does next. I am a fan for life!”

—RICHARD VAN CAMP, author of The Lesser Blessed and Moccasin Square Gardens

About the Author

MORGAN TALTY is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation where he grew up. Named one of Narrative’s “30 Below 30,” Talty’s work has appeared in The Georgia Review, Granta, Shenandoah, TriQuarterly, Narrative, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. A winner of the 2021 Narrative Prize, Talty’s work has been supported by the Elizabeth George Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Levant, Maine.