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

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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Gwen Florio talks about her transition from newspaper reporter to fiction author and the process of writing her mystery novel, 'Montana,' the first...

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


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
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During this program filmmaker and naturalist Doug Peacock talks about his latest book, 'In the Shadow of the Sabertooth: A Renegade Naturalist Cons...

Bought by WCWP, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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During this program, Christopher White talks about and reads from his book 'The Melting World: A Journey Across America’s Vanishing Glaciers.'

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WCWP, KSJD, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Leslie Budewitz talks about and reads from 'Death Al Dente,' the first in her new Food Lovers' Village Mystery Series.

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


  • Added: Oct 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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During the program Shawn Vestal talks about and reads from his collection of stories titled 'Godforsaken Idaho.'

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


  • Added: Oct 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Melissa Kwasny talks about her book 'Earth Recitals: Essays of Image & Vision,' and about how reflecting on the images we see in the outer, nonhuma...

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


  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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James Lee Burke talks about and reads from his new Dave Robicheaux crime novel, 'Light of the World.'

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


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Liz Stephens talks about moving from L.A. to rural Utah and reads from her memoir, 'the days are gods.'

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


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Donna Houtz McArthur talks about the sacred stories of the Shoshone-Bannock people and reads from her collection 'When the Smoke Goes Straight Up: ...

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


  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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During this program, Mark Trahant talks about and reads from his book 'The Last Great Battle of the Indian Wars: Henry M. Jackson, Forrest J. Gerar...

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


  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
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During this program, Zan Bockes talks about writing her way through grief, and her adult perspective on an abusive childhood. She also reads from h...

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


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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During this program, Wyoming author Craig Johnson talks about and reads from 'A Serpent's Tooth,' the ninth book in his Walt Longmire Mystery serie...

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


  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
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During this program, Barbara Theroux, Zed, and TWQ producer Chérie Newman talk about recently-published books written by authors from the western U...

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


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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During this program, Minerva Allen, poet and culture keeper, talks about Nakoda/Assinaboine tribal issues and reads from her poetry collection, 'Na...

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


  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 8
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During this program, David Shields talks about literary collage, east-coast/west-coast perspectives, and his latest book, 'How Literature Saved My ...

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


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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During this program, Blythe Woolston talks about and reads from her YA novel 'Black Helicoptors.'

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


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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During this program, Josh Hanagarne talks about and reads from 'The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the P...

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


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
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During this program, Russell Rowland talks about and reads from his novel, 'High and Inside,' in which an alcoholic baseball player moves from Bost...

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


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Spokane author Sharma Shields tells the stories behind a few of the stories in her collection, 'Favorite Monster,' winner of an Autumn House Fictio...

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


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
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During this program Chérie Newman talks with Susanna Sonnenberg about her second memoir, 'She Matters: A Life in Friendships.' Sonnenberg also read...

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


  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3