Night of the living rez

Author

Morgan Talty

Call Number

• FICTION TALT (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)

Edition

First US edition.

Publication Information

Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2022.

Physical Description

285 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

"Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century and what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy. In twelve striking, luminescent stories, author Morgan Talty--with searing humor, abiding compassion, and deep insight--breathes life into tales of family and a community as they struggle with a painful past and an uncertain future. A boy unearths a jar that holds an old curse, which sets into motion his family's unraveling; a man, while trying to swindle some pot from a dealer, discovers a friend passed out in the woods, his hair frozen into the snow; a grandmother suffering from Alzheimer's projects the past onto her grandson; and two friends, inspired by Antiques Roadshow, attempt to rob the tribal museum for valuable root clubs."--

Contents

• Burn
• In a jar
• Get me some medicine
• Food for the common cold
• In a field of stray caterpillars
• Blessing tobacco
• Safe harbor
• Smokes last
• Half-life
• Earth, speak
• Night of the living rez
• Name means thunder.