

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Fire Exit Paperback Book Launch: Morgan Talty in Conversation with Gibran Graham
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: NEW DATE! 

The Briar Patch is thrilled to invite you to celebrate the paperback book launch for Morgan Talty’s novel FIRE EXIT on Monday, February 2 at 6pm at Wabanaki Public Health &amp; Wellness at 16 Central Street in Bangor, Maine. Morgan will be in conversation with Gibran Graham, owner of The Briar Patch, about the book, publishing and what's happening since it first debuted. 

Won’t you join us for this night of conversation and celebration?

ABOUT FIRE EXIT
From the award-winning author of Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty’s debut novel, Fire Exit, is a masterful and unforgettable story of family, legacy, bloodlines, culture and inheritance, and what, if anything, we owe one another. 

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. On the far bank, he caught brief moments of his neighbor Elizabeth’s life—from the day she came home from the hospital to her early twenties. But there’s always been something deeper and more dangerous than the river that divides him from her and the rest of the tribal community. It’s the secret that Elizabeth is his daughter, a secret Charles is no longer willing to keep. Now, it’s been weeks since he’s seen Elizabeth, and Charles is worried. As he attempts to hold on to and care for what he can—his home and property; his alcoholic, quick-tempered, and bighearted friend Bobby; and his mother, Louise, who is slipping ever deeper into dementia—he becomes increasingly haunted by his past. Forced to confront a lost childhood on the reservation, a love affair cut short, and the death of his beloved stepfather, Fredrick, in a hunting accident—a death he and Louise are at odds over as to where to lay blame—Charles contends with questions he’s long been afraid to ask. Is his secret about Elizabeth his to share? And would his daughter want to know the truth, even if it could cost her everything she’s ever known?

ABOUT MORGAN TALTY
Morgan Talty is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation. He is the author of the nationally bestselling and acclaimed short story collection, The Night of the Living Rez. His writing has appeared in The Georgia Review, Granta, Shenandoah, TriQuarterly, Narrative, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. 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. He lives in Levant, Maine.

ABOUT THE BRIAR PATCH
For more than 35 years, The Briar Patch has inspired and delighted generations of readers of all ages in Bangor, Maine. Specializing in children's books and creative playthings from birth through high school, the shop also carries grownup books including fiction, cookbooks, titles on parenting, resources for teachers and more. Games, crafts, puzzles, and more fill the store with something for everyone. We also host regular book signings, storytimes and other events.

ABOUT WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH &amp; WELLNESS
Wabanaki Public Health &amp; Wellness (WPHW) serves four federally recognized tribes located in five communities: the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, the  Mi’kmaq Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township, the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point, and the Penobscot Nation. Wabanaki traditions, language, and culture guide our approach and describe the ways we live in harmony with each other and the land we collectively share. Services are available to community members living on and off-reservation across the state of Maine.
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- **city**: Orono
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- **country**: United States
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wabanaki Public Health &amp; Wellness, Orono, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Briar Patch
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
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