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.


508 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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Malcolm Brooks talks about researching and writing his debut novel, Painted Horses. He also reads from the book.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSJD, WCWP, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Carrie LaSeur talks about and reads from 'The Home Place,' a mystery novel in which a successful lawyer is pulled back into her troubled family’s ...

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


  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Joe Ashbrook Nickell talks about and reads from 'Tainted Revelations,' the book he wrote about painter and sculptor Bill Ohrmann.

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


  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Utah author James Dashner talks about a few of the 16 books he's written, including 'The Maze Runner,' which is now a feature film.

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


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Carol Bradley, author of 'Last Chain on Billie: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top,' talks about the cruel lives of circus elephant...

Bought by KPIK-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
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Pete Fromm talks about his latest novel, IF NOT FOR THIS, and about the process of being involved while two of his stories were made into films.

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


  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Four American Indian authors -- Adrian Jawort, Luella Brien, Eric Leland BigMan Brien, and Sterling HolyWhiteMountain -- talk about their stories p...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
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Tim O'Brien talks about his ever-popular novel 'The Things They Carried' and describes the difference between literal truth and story truth.

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


  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Bruce Holbert talks about his new novel, The Hour of Lead. He also explains how the Myth of the West damages human relationships and why the bad gu...

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


  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Ken Egan Jr. talks about the book he wrote to celebrate Montana Territory's sesquicentennial (150-year anniversary).

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


  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 3
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Kate Cholewa talks about and reads from her debut novel, 'Shaking Out The Dead'

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


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Rachel Toor talks about and reads from her YA novel, 'On The Road To Find Out.'

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


  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Award-winning nature writer Gary Ferguson talks about and reads from his memoir 'The Carry Home: Lessons from the American Wilderness.'

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


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Elissa Washuta talks about and reads from her memoir, My Body is a Book of Rules.

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


  • Added: Jan 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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David Allan Cates talks about and reads from his latest novel, Tom Connor's Gift.

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


  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Molly Gloss talks about and reads from her novel Falling From Horses. She also tells what she knows about the welfare of animals that appear in mov...

Bought by 'The Sea', KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
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Kim Zupan talks about and reads from his debut novel, The Ploughmen.

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


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Jessie Close talks about and reads from her memoir, Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness.

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


  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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S.M. Hulse talks about an reads from her debut novel Black River.

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


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Sharma Shields talks about and reads from her debut novel 'The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac.'

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5