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First one, buzzing and bumping into the living room window, who was soon joined by a few sisters. Within an hour, there were more than 40 sinisterly striped yellow jackets (Vespula alascensis) zooming from one window to another in pursuit of light, and I was outnumbered.

This week on ‘The Write Question,’ comedienne and writer Charlotte Macorn sits down with host Lauren Korn in the “city of many shoulders” for a live pledge week episode.

Why are they so feared and misunderstood? If a bird popularity contest were held, Turkey Vultures would not fare very well. A spooky bird contest, on the other hand? Dead winner.

In late 2020 I’m spending mornings masked, working in a lab in the University of Montana Zoological Museum. The museum houses research collections of natural artifacts like skins and skeletons. But behind the scenes museum staff tend a single living collection: a colony of dermestid beetles, the meticulous scavengers that scour flesh from bones before a skeleton can be installed in the museum.

Livingston, Montana-based poet Michael Earl Craig (“Earl”) reads a poem from ‘Iggy Horse’ (Wave Poetry).

Livingston, Montana-based poet Michael Earl Craig (“Earl”) reads a poem from ‘Iggy Horse’ (Wave Poetry).

At Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, I saw an Osprey dive into the deepest section of white water and emerge with nothing to show for its effort, and then retreat to a cottonwood branch to watch for another opportunity in the dark, boiling water.

As I watched Rob Domenech, executive director of the Raptor View Research Institute, and his research biologist Brian Busby carefully load the three chicks onto the lift, and heard Harriet’s chirps of protest from above, I considered the importance of this work.

This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with with Alicia Elliott, an established writer of non-fiction, about her debut novel, ‘And Then She Fell’ (Dutton Books, 2023).

This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Erin Pringle, Spokane, Washington-based author of ‘Unexpected Weather Events’ (Awst Press).