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

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During this program, Debra Gwartney reads from 'Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters' and talks about the challenges she faced...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program, Barry Lopez talks about the roles and responsibilities of storytellers, and offers some advice to readers.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program, Michael Earl Craig reads a few poems, talks about his writing process, and wonders why he gets the same comment, "over and ove...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Not long ago, a middle-aged woman, Kelly Ferguson, left Missoula, Montana, with a crazy-sounding mission: wear a prairie dress, an apron and a bonn...

Bought by Prairie Public and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Six-time Spur Award winner Richard S. Wheeler talks about and reads from his novel based on the history of Butte, Montana, 'The Richest Hill on Ear...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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In the 1890s, Fra Dana dreamed of becoming a famous painter. But then she fell in love with a cowboy from northern Wyoming and her life got complic...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Alan Weltzein talks about his research into the life of Montana's 20th-century novelist, Thomas Savage. And about Savage's novel, LONA HANSON.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
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"In the first year of the twenty-first century, a man standing by a highway in the middle of America pulled from his pocket his life savings--thirt...

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


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sheryl Noethe's poetry and an interview with her are in the current issue of Whitefish Review
During this program, Sheryl Noethe describes her experiences riding on buses from her hometown of Missoula, Montana, to other Montana cities where ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program Bonnie Nadzam talks about and reads from her novel, LAMB, winner of the 2011 Flaherty Dunnan First Novel Prize from the Center ...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The book's entire title is 'Extremeophilia: River Rats, Timber Tramps, Biker Trash, and Realtors: New and Selected Writings' and it's a collection ...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program Lynn Stegner and Russell Rowland talk about the process of compiling essays and poetry from more than 60 authors from "the west...

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


  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
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During this program Janathan Evison talks about and reads from his epic novel 'West of Here' with TWQ producer Chérie Newman. Their conversation al...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program, Bonnie Jo Campbell talks about and reads from her novel, 'Once Upon a River,' which received a stellar review in the Washingto...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program Shann Ray talks about and reads from his collection of stories, 'American Masculine'

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The Write Question producer Chérie Newman talks with Barbara Theroux, manager of Fact & Fiction Bookstore in Missoula, Montana, and Zed, one of her...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Maile Meloy is best known for her short stories and novels for adult readers. But during this program she talks about a novel she wrote for middle ...

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program, Michael Czarnecki talks about his transition from working at a job to making his living as a poet and publisher. He also reads...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program, Rick Craig talks about and reads from 'The Last Mountains' - the first in a series of Tom Hadley Mysteries.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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This selection of Melanie Rae Thon's stories showcases her breathtaking ability to become each one of her people, to move inside the bodies and min...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1