The Write Question
Twice weekly on Thursday at 7PM, Sunday at 5:30AM
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.
TWQ’s 2025-2026 season is supported by a co-op of independent bookstores in Montana, encouraging a lifetime of learning through storytelling and conversation:
In this episode of ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks to journalist Leah Sottile about ‘Blazing Eye Sees All: Love Has Won, False Prophets, and the Fever Dream of the American New Age’ (Grand Central Publishing; Hachette Book Group). This is the first part of a two-part conversation.
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Picture Book Picnicker Lauren Korn invites the National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature, writer Mac Barnett, and illustrator Carson Ellis on a picnic to talk about their newest collaboration, a re-telling of ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ (Orchard Books, Scholastic Inc.).
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This mini episode of ‘The Write Question’ features used bookseller Crystal Koosman, owner of Last Best Books in Missoula, Montana. What does her used book ethic look like? What’s trending right now? -
In advance of his appearance in Helena at MT Book Co. on Monday, February 2, 2026, novelist David Guterson, author of ‘Snow Falling on Cedars’ (Vintage Books), discusses his latest book, ‘Evelyn in Transit’ (W. W. Norton & Company). -
In advance of his appearance in Livingston, Montana—as a guest of Elk River Arts & Lectures on January 23, 2026, at the Livingston Elks Lodge—novelist Colum McCann discusses the many themes and narratives found in his latest book, ‘Twist’ (Penguin Random House). -
In this episode of ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with former Montana Poet Laureate Tami Haaland about her collection, ‘If I Had Said Beauty’ (Lost Horse Press). -
This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Missoula, Montana-based writer Brian Buckbee, author of ‘We Should All Be Birds’ (Tin House Books; Zando Projects), written with Carol Ann Fitzgerald, who joins them for the first half of their conversation. -
This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with memoirist and renowned whitewater rafting guide Bridget Crocker, author of ‘The River’s Daughter’ (Spiegel & Grau), about her life lived along the Snake River in Wyoming. -
This is the second part of a two-part conversation with Alice Bolin, author of ‘Culture Creep: Notes on the Pop Apocalypse’ (Mariner Books; HarperCollins). -
This is the first part of a two-part conversation with Alice Bolin, author of ‘Culture Creep: Notes on the Pop Apocalypse’ (Mariner Books; HarperCollins).
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Host Lauren Korn speaks with Andrew Limbong about NPR’s 2025 interactive book list of staff favorites, “Books We Love.” -
On this episode of ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with debut novelist Eliana Ramage, author of ‘To the Moon and Back’ (Avid Reader Press, Simon & Schuster).
