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.


514 Pieces

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Neltje discusses her development as an artist, her love of landscape, and the hardships she faced growing up. She also reads from her memoir.

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KWMR


  • Added: Aug 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Alexandra Teague discusses her debut novel, a quirky coming-of-age story. She reads both from the book as well as selected poem from her previous c...

Bought by KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: 'The Underworld' by Kevin Canty
Kevin Canty discusses his novel, 'The Underworld,' along with the nature of the human experience and Canty's own creative process. He also reads fr...

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


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Jordan Fisher Smith talks about and reads from 'Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, A Trial, and the Fight Over Controlling Nature

Bought by KWMR, KSFR, KGLT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Chris Dombrowski talks with Sarah Aronson about 'Body of Water: A Sage, A Seeker, and the World's Most Alluring Fish,' which is part memoir, part r...

Bought by KWMR, KGLT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Dana Fitz Gale talks about writing short stories and reads from her award-winning collection, 'Spells for Victory and Courage'

Bought by KWMR, KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Author and game designer Kent Davis talks about books one and two in his 'A Riddle In Ruby' YA series.

Bought by KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Pete Fromm, author of 'Indian Creek Chronicles,' talks about and reads two short passages from his second memoir, 'The Names of the Stars: A Life i...

Bought by KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Seth Kantner talks about growing up in rural Alaska -- 100 miles above the Arctic Circle -- and the essays in his collection 'Swallowed by the Grea...

Bought by KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Carmen Giménez Smith talks poetry, politics, and feminism, and reads from 'Milk and Filth.'

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Paula McLain talks about and reads from her latest novel Circling the Sun, which tells the story of the (actual) Beryl Markum with a first-person n...

Bought by KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, KGLT, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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In January of 1870, the 2nd Cavalry of the U.S. Army slaughtered most of the people in a Blackfeet Indian (Piegan) camped near the Marias River in ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Keith McCafferty talks about and reads from the fifth book in his Sean Stranahan mystery series, Buffalo Jump Blues. He also talks about real-life ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Chad Dundas talks about wrestling and writing and the characters in his novel 'Champion of the World.;

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Megan McNamer talks about and reads from her novel 'Children and Lunatics,' winner of a Black Lawrence Press Big Moose Prize.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Ranch photographer Barbara Van Cleve talks about making her images and the "romance" of the West.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KUPR low power FM, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Joe Wilkins talks about how he makes poems and reads from his collection 'When We Were Birds'

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Rachel Toor explains the origins of our misunderstandings about rats and reads from her book 'Misunderstood: Why the Humble Rat May Be Your Best Pe...

Bought by 'The Sea', KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Glen Chamberlain talks about the stories in her collection, 'All I Want Is What You've Got.' She also reads several passages and tells why she ditc...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Shawn Vestal, the winner of 2014’s PEN Robert W. Bingham Prize, talks about and reads from his unforgettable debut novel about Loretta, a teenager ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5