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Night of the Living Rez

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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller

From a debut Penobscot voice comes a gorgeous collection of twelve linked stories that tell the story of characters at their own personal crossroads, dealing with addiction, poverty and intergenerational trauma. Brilliant from a storytelling lens, this is also a gritty and layered examination of the past and present in Native communities.

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Winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

New England Book Award Winner, Fiction

A Finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction, The Story Prize, B&N Discover Book Prize

A New York Times, TIME, NPR, Esquire, Oprah Daily, Great Group Reads, Tribal College Journal, San Diego Union-Tribune, Ms. Magazine, Writer's Bone, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2022

Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut col...

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