Phil Condon: Nine Ten Again

Phil Condon is this week's guest on The Write Question. Condon's new book is a collection of stories: Nine Ten Again.

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Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman

Ellen Baumler is this week's guest on The Write Question. Baumler co-authored Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman with Brian Shovers, Charlene Porsild, Rich Aarstad and Ellie Arguimbau. The book was published by the Montana Historical Society.

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Michael Fitzgerald: Radiant Days

This week on The Write Question, Michael Fitzgerald talks about the value of anti-heroes in literature in general, and in his novel, Radiant Days, in particular.

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Maile Meloy: Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It

This week on The Write Question, Maile Meloy talks about the stories in her new collection, Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It. She also reads a few pages of "O Tannenbaum."

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Victor Charlo

Victor Charlo, poet and great-great grandson of Chief Victor Charlo of the Bitterroot Salish, talks about Indian ways, new and old, this week on The Write Question. He also reads some of the poems in his new collection, Put Seý.

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Kevin Goodan, poet and professor

If you enjoy smart, but accessible poetry, check out Kevin Goodan's new collection, Winter Tenor. And hear him read a few of his poems and talk about writing this week on The Write Question.

New collections by Western Montana Native American poets:

Put Seý, by Victor Charlo
Suddenly Out Of A Long Sleep, by Lowell Jaeger

Pulitzer Prize Nominee Craig Lesley

Craig Lesley, an award-winning author from Portland Oregon, was in Missoula last February. I enjoyed his books and our discussion so much, that I'm repeating this program -- in honor of Father's Day.

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