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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, Hoa Nguyen, Maggie Shipstead, Elissa Washuta, and others.

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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, Hoa Nguyen, Maggie Shipstead, Elissa Washuta, and others.

    The gold in them thar hills is a hush: Arnold “Smoke” Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi discuss Smoke’s ‘Lifetime in the Bob Marshall Wilderness’

    The gold in them thar hills is a hush: Arnold “Smoke” Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi discuss Smoke’s ‘Lifetime in the Bob Marshall Wilderness’

    This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with packers Arnold “Smoke” Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi, co-authors of ‘Hush of the Land: A Lifetime in the Bob Marshall Wilderness.’

    • 29 min
    TWQ Outtake: What did Smoke Elser teach Eva-Maria Maggi? “It’s the hush of the land, really”

    TWQ Outtake: What did Smoke Elser teach Eva-Maria Maggi? “It’s the hush of the land, really”

    In a cutting room floor excerpt from this week’s conversation with Arnold “Smoke” Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi, host Lauren Korn asks the two what they’ve learned from each other.

    • 4 min
    TWQ encores conversation with Bryce Andrews in anticipation of event at Ravalli County Museum, paperback release of ‘Holding Fire’

    TWQ encores conversation with Bryce Andrews in anticipation of event at Ravalli County Museum, paperback release of ‘Holding Fire’

    This week on ‘The Write Question,’ we’re airing an encore: host Lauren Korn’s conversation with Bryce Andrews, author of ‘Holding Fire: A Reckoning with the American West’ (Mariner Books, HarperCollins), now out in paperback!

    • 29 min
    Elise Atchison’s ‘Crazy Mountain’ explores community and commodity in a rapidly changing West

    Elise Atchison’s ‘Crazy Mountain’ explores community and commodity in a rapidly changing West

    This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Elise Atchison about her award-winning debut novel, ‘Crazy Mountain’ (Sowilo Press).

    • 29 min
    Kathleen McLaughlin’s ‘Blood Money: The Story of Life, Death, and Profit Inside America’s Blood Industry’

    Kathleen McLaughlin’s ‘Blood Money: The Story of Life, Death, and Profit Inside America’s Blood Industry’

    This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Kathleen McLaughlin, author of ‘Blood Money: The Story of Life, Death, and Profit Inside America’s Blood Industry’ (Atria/One Signal Publishers), out now in paperback!

    • 29 min
    Poetry and property taxes, part 2: Josh Slotnick on growth in the West, resiliency, and the “Shakespearean Threshold”

    Poetry and property taxes, part 2: Josh Slotnick on growth in the West, resiliency, and the “Shakespearean Threshold”

    In the second part of a two-part conversation, host Lauren Korn speaks with poet, farmer, and Missoula, Montana, county commissioner Josh Slotnick about his second book of poetry, ‘If Only’ (Sandyhouse Press).

    • 29 min

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