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How does identity and experience inform your writing? This episode explores:Professor Talty's journey from community college student to college professor.The importance of supportive mentors and professors.Using identity and experience ethically in fiction and nonfiction.Why finding the right form for your story matters.A discussion of the book Night of the Living Rez.Our guest is: Professor Morgan Talty, who is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation where he grew up. He is the author of the story collection Night of the Living Rez from Tin House Books, and his work has appeared in Granta, The Georgia Review, Shenandoah, TriQuarterly, Narrative Magazine, LitHub, 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 (2022). Talty is an Assistant Professor of English in Creative Writing and Native American and contemporary Literature at the University of Maine, Orono, and he is on the faculty at the Stonecoast MFA in creative writing as well as the Institute of American Indian Arts. Professor Talty is also a Prose Editor at The Massachusetts Review. He lives in Levant, Maine.Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender.Listeners to this episode may also be interested in:A Calm and Normal Heart by Chelsea T. HicksThe Removed by Brandon HobsonThere There by Tommy OrangeHeart Berries by Terese Marie MailhotThe Lesser Blessed by Richard Van CampWelcome to The Academic Life! We reach across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Here on the Academic Life channel, we embrace a broad definition of what it means to be an academic and to lead an academic life. We view education as a transformative human endeavor and are inspired by today's knowledge-producers working inside and outside the academy. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DMs us on Twitter: @AcademicLifeNBN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/native-american-studies