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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Jeff Guinn talks about a female warrior named Mochi and reads from his latest historical novel, BUFFALO TRAIL, during this episode of The Write Que...

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


  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
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Margaret Grundstein talks about and reads from her memoir NAKED IN THE WOODS: My Unexpected Years In A Hippie Commune. She also comments on why fem...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
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Sally Thompson, archaeologist, ethnographer, ethnohistorian, and lead author of 'PEOPLE BEFORE THE PARK: The Kootenai and Blackfeet Before Glacier ...

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


  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Investigative journalist Stephen Yafa talks about and reads from 'GRAIN OF TRUTH: The Real Case For and Against Wheat and Gluten,' a book that incl...

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


  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Craig Lancaster talks about and reads from his fifth novel, THIS IS WHAT I WANT. He also describes his journey from copy editor to full-time author.

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


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
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Susan Adrian talks about and reads from her YA novel TUNNEL VISION, a story full of spies, espionage, and a teen with superpowers .

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


  • Added: Jun 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Antonya Nelson talks about writing short stories and reads from her collection FUNNY ONCE.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KGLT and more


  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 9
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Jeremy N. Smith talks about his book Epic Measures, the true story of a 20-year, 500-scientist, $100-million moonshot attempt to track and quantify...

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


  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
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Caroline Patterson, judge of MTPR's 50th Anniversary Short Fiction Contest talks about the winning stories and the what makes a great short story. ...

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


  • Added: May 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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An Iraqi Poet In Montana. Saif Alsaegh was a young boy living in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 11, 2001. At the time, he and the other members of his...

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


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Megan Kruse talks about and reads from her debut novel, Call Me Home

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


  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Butte is a unique city in Montana, as are the novels and films created in and about it. Beginning with the 1880s, Aaron Parrett's book 'Literary Bu...

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


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Brian D'Ambrosio talks about his book Warrior in the Ring: The life of Marvin Camel, Native American world champion boxer

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


  • Added: Mar 31, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Liz Carlisle talks about and reads from Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America

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


  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
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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
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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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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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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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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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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