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The Write Question The Write Question is a weekly literary program hosted by Lauren Korn that features authors from the American West—and beyond—including James Lee Burke, Kate Lebo, Anne Helen Petersen, Robert Wrigley, Jess Walter, Stephen Graham Jones, Barry Lopez, Hoa Nguyen, Maggie Shipstead, Elissa Washuta, and others.
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The Write Question

The Write Question

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The Write Question is a weekly literary program hosted by Lauren Korn that features authors from the American West—and beyond—including James Lee Burke, Kate Lebo, Anne Helen Petersen, Robert Wrigley, Jess Walter, Stephen Graham Jones, Barry Lopez, Hoa Nguyen, Maggie Shipstead, Elissa Washuta, and others.

Most Recent Episodes

"We need science that moves us": 'Writing Wild' with Kathryn Aalto, the extended conversation

In early March, a mini episode with writer, instructor, and landscape designer and historian Kathryn Aalto aired on MTPR. This week, we return to women nature writers: this is the full, extended conversation with Kathryn, author of 'Writing Wild: Women Poets, Ramblers, and Mavericks Who Shape How We See the Natural World.'

"We need science that moves us": 'Writing Wild' with Kathryn Aalto, the extended conversation

Listen · 28:59

'The Write Angle': Lauren joins Justin Angle in a conversation with Christopher Preston, a...

This week, TWQ host Lauren Korn joins 'A New Angle' host Justin Angle in his podcast studio for a conversation with environmental philosopher Christopher Preston, author of 'Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals.'

'The Write Angle': Lauren joins Justin Angle in a conversation with Christopher Preston, a...

Listen · 56:16

'I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive': Lynn Melnick's very own "sad banger"

This week on 'The Write Question,' host Lauren Korn speaks with poet Lynn Melnick about her debut memoir, 'I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton' (University of Texas Press).

'I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive': Lynn Melnick's very own "sad banger"

Listen · 29:00

TWQ Mini with Kathryn Aalto: The lives, literature, and landscapes of twenty-five female n...

In this TWQ mini episode, host Lauren Korn speaks with writer, instructor, and landscape designer and historian Kathryn Aalto, author of 'Writing Wild: Women Poets, Ramblers, and Mavericks Who Shape How We See the Natural World.'

TWQ Mini with Kathryn Aalto: The lives, literature, and landscapes of twenty-five female n...

Listen · 12:59

David Quammen's 'Breathless' spotlights the scientists and researchers in "the race to def...

This week on 'The Write Question,' host Lauren Korn speaks with David Quammen, author of 'Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus'—an in-depth, scientific look at the coronavirus pandemic that swept, and still sweeping, the globe.

David Quammen's 'Breathless' spotlights the scientists and researchers in "the race to def...

Listen · 29:00

'Iguana Iguana': Caylin Capra-Thomas's recursive, prismatic selves

This week on 'The Write Question,' University of Montana alumna and poet Caylin Capra-Thomas chats with host Lauren Korn about her debut collection, 'Iguana Iguana.'

What do women want? Co-editors Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters collect women's desires in ...

Host Lauren Korn speaks with Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters, the co-editors of 'Wanting: Women Writing About Desire,' an anthology of essays that explores desire, its ever-changing shape—and from multiple lenses of womanhood.

What do women want? Co-editors Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters collect women's desires in ...

Listen · 29:00

'When We Were Sisters': Fatimah Asghar on monsters, boundaries, and creativity

This week on 'The Write Question,' host Lauren Korn speaks with Fatimah Asghar, author of 'When We Were Sisters,' a novel that traces the intense bond of three orphaned siblings who, after their parents die, are left to raise one another.

'When We Were Sisters': Fatimah Asghar on monsters, boundaries, and creativity

Listen · 28:58

'On a Benediction of Wind': The quiet nature of Charles Finn's poetry

This week on 'The Write Question,' Lauren speaks with poet Charles Finn about his collaborative collection, 'On a Benediction of Wind: Poems and Photographs from the American West,' a collection of free verse and prose poems, paired with a black-and-white landscape photographs from the Pacific Northwest and the American Southwest taken by photographer Barbara Michelman.

TWQ Mini with Anne Lamott: "The way you were is probably the way you are"

In this mini episode of 'The Write Question,' host Lauren Korn sits down with author Anne "Annie" Lamott to talk about her seminal book on the craft of writing (and living), 'Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life' (Anchor Books), and about maintaining hope—during the writing process, yes, but also in a time of climate crisis and during political and social upheaval.

TWQ Mini with Anne Lamott: "The way you were is probably the way you are"

Listen · 13:35
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