The Write Question

Series produced by KUFM - Montana Public Radio

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A weekly literary program that features writers from the American West and beyond. The Write Question is hosted and produced by former Montana Book Festival Director Lauren Korn and co-produced first by Peter Hoag and currently by Chris Moyles and Jake Birch. TWQ is distributed through PRX to public and community radio stations, as well as to listeners around the world.

Guests on The Write Question include authors writing from or about the western United States—or about subjects outside the American West that are applicable to the region. The series also features bestselling and emerging writers, visiting writers, illustrators, photographers, publishers, and other artists.


507 Pieces

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During this program, Chérie Newman talks with Spokane author Gregory Spatz about his collection of stories 'Half as Happy.'

Bought by KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 3
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During this program, memoirist and poet Joe Wilkins talks about growing up in the Big Dry country of eastern Montana and reads from his memoir 'The...

Bought by KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Sherril Jaffe talks about creative inspiration and reads from her collection, 'You Are Not Alone & Other Stories,' winner of the Spokane Prize for ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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During this program, Craig Lancaster talks about and reads from "Edward Adrift," the sequel to his novel '600 Hours of Edward.'

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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During this program, H. Lee Barnes talks about and reads from his casino crime novel, Cold Deck. He also talks about working as a casino detective ...

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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During this program, veteran journalist Todd Wilkinson talks about and reads from 'Last Stand: Ted Turner's Quest To Save A Troubled Planet.'

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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During this program, Mardell Hogan Plainfeather talks about and reads from 'The Woman Who Loved Mankind: Lillian Bullshows Hogan,' as told to and w...

Bought by KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: The Last Shepard by Martin Etchart
During this program, Martin Etchart talks about and reads from his novel, The Last Shepherd, his second book about the Etcheberris, a family of Bas...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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During this program, Kate Davis, an award-winning photographer who specializes in raptors, talks about how she captured the 100+ spectacular images...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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During the program essayist Alan S. Kesselheim and photographer Thomas Lee talk about their book MONTANA: Real Place, Real People. Kesselheim also ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program, Marjorie Smith talks about and reads from her novel, Making Up Amelia, which is set in Guam, Saipan, and San Francisco

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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During this program, William Farr talks about Spopee, a Blood Indian from Canada who crossed into the U.S. looking for bison and ended up in an ins...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Visions and Voices: Montana's One-Room Schoolhouses
During this program, photographer and author Charlotte Caldwell talks about the importance of preserving the stories represented by one-room school...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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During this program Jo Deurbrouck talks about and reads from her book 'Anything Worth Doing: A true story of adventure, friendship and tragedy on t...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, KMXT, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 8
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During this program Wyoming author Thomas McIntyre talks about and reads from his novel 'The Snow Leopard's Tale.'

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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During this program, poet and writer Jennifer Greene, illustrator Antoine Sandoval, and project director Julie Cajune talk about a book they create...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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During this program, Marcel Jolley talks with TWQ producer Chérie Newman about first-person narrators in his story collection, PRIORS, and about re...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program, world-traveler and author Pam Houston talks about and reads from her novel, 'Contents May Have Shifted.' She also makes a com...

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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During this program, TWQ producer Chérie Newman talks with Barbara Theroux and Zed about some of the recently-published books written by authors fr...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:52
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program, Jess Walter talks about and reads from his latest novel, 'Beautiful Ruins.' He also defines the mosaic novel and talks about p...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2