Lauren Korn
Host & ProducerLauren R. Korn holds an M.A. in poetry from the University of New Brunswick, where she was the recipient of the Tom Riesterer Memorial Prize and the Angela Ludan Levine Memorial Book Prize. A former bookseller and the former Director of the Montana Book Festival, she is now an Arts & Culture Producer at Montana Public Radio and the host of its literature-based radio program and podcast, The Write Question. She is a 2022 Fishtrap Fellow, a graduate of the 2017 Tin House Summer Workshop and the 2016 Juniper Summer Writing Institute, where she attended as a Writer of Promise. Her interviews with authors have been published in Foglifter, The Adroit Journal, The Malahat Review, and Carve Magazine; and her short book reviews have been featured in the American Bookseller Association’s IndieNext previews and on LitHub.com. She currently lives on the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people (Missoula, Montana).
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MTPR Hosts and Producers Keely Larson and Lauren Korn take a field trip to the newly renovated Montana Heritage Center. -
This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Emily Ruskovich about her short story collection, ‘Nightjar’ (Penguin Random House). Join the University of Montana’s Creative Writing Program, the Missoula Public Library, and Fact & Fiction Books for an event with Emily; she’ll be in conversation with writer Sam McPhee at the Missoula Public Library on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 6 p.m. -
This week on ‘The Write Question,’ the second of a two-part conversation with journalist Kevin Fedarko, author of ‘A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon’ (Scribner). This conversation was recorded live at the Ravalli County Museum in Hamilton, Montana, in partnership with Chapter One Bookstore. -
For this extended ‘Write Question’ conversation, host Lauren Korn is joined remotely by author Daniel Blake Smith, author of ‘RUN: The Wilmot Collins Story—From Liberian Refugee to First Black Mayor in Montana,’ and the book’s subject, Wilmot Collins. -
This week on ‘The Write Question,’ the first of a two-part conversation with journalist Kevin Fedarko, author of ‘A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon’ (Scribner). This conversation was recorded live at the Ravalli County Museum in Hamilton, Montana, in partnership with Chapter One Bookstore.
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Host Lauren Korn speaks with NPR Health & Science correspondent Allison Aubrey, author of ‘Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love’ (Avid Reader Press, Simon & Schuster). -
‘Front Row Center’ host Lauren Korn speaks with ecologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Montana Erick Greene. The two talk about the Montana Osprey Project; the Hellgate Osprey Cam, featuring Iris (as well as her mate, Clark, and chick, Wensi); and a Q&A event taking place online on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 11 a.m. Mountain Time. -
Earlier this spring, host Lauren Korn had the pleasure of chatting with some of NPR’s most notable podcast and news magazine hosts about recently published books. She spoke with Manoush Zamorodi about her book, ‘Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being’ (Flatiron Books); Scott Simon about his book ‘Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known’ (W. W. Norton & Company); and Alex Mayyasi and Sarah Gonzalez about ‘Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life’ (W. W. Norton & Company). Three books, four guests, one episode celebrating the bookishness of NPR. -
‘Front Row Center’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Chris La Tray and Anna East, two of the three organizers behind IndigiPalooza: Resistance 250+, taking place July 31-Aug 1, 2026, in Missoula, Montana. -
For this episode of ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Sterling HolyWhiteMountain, Executive Director of the James Welch Native Lit Fest, taking place July 15-18, 2026.
