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An Acorn Weevil in front of a white background, with its long face, and chubby body.

Fuzzy, light brown in color, and with a snout looking like Pinocchio went on a fibbing spree, the Acorn Weevil has a comical appearance.

Anne Lamott is the author of ‘Bird by Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.’ Anne will be in conversation Jane Karas at the Waccholz College Center in Kalispell on January 31, 2022.

TWQ Mini with Anne Lamott: “The way you were is probably the way you are”

In this mini episode of ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn sits down with author Anne “Annie” Lamott to talk about her seminal book on the craft of writing (and living), ‘Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life’ (Anchor Books), and about maintaining hope—during the writing process, yes, but also in a time of climate crisis and during political and social upheaval.

Confusing Petrophila Moth

The Confusing Petrophila is a moth that instead of laying its eggs on a terrestrial plant, dives into fast moving water (as deep as 15 feet) to lay eggs on algae and aquatic plants for its emerging caterpillars to eat.

Knudsen sanctions; Bullet wounds and business deals; Courts and the culture war

Montana’s attorney general faces an unprecedented sanction, but he still expects to be re-elected. A former park ranger insists Senate candidate Tim Sheehy accidentally shot himself in Glacier Park, despite the candidate’s denials. An outside group tries to insert the debate over trans athletes into a Montana Supreme Court race.

Encore: On ancestors and exes: Plains Cree poet Emily Riddle explores kinship, the colonial project of Canada, and climate change in ‘The Big Melt’

This week on ‘The Write Question,’ an encore broadcast of a conversation with poet Emily Riddle, author of ‘The Big Melt’ (Nightwood Editions), a debut collection rooted in Nehiyaw (Cree) thought and urban millennial life events.

Campaign Beat 2024 election debrief

Republicans sweep to victory in Montana's top races. Montana's newly elected Senator promises to bring people together. Voters say ‘yes’ to protecting the right to an abortion. "Campaign Beat" wraps up for the year.

Chris La Tray on ‘Becoming Little Shell’: “What kind of society do we live in where any Indigenous people can be considered ‘landless’ in the first place?” (Part One)

This week on ‘The Write Question,’ in the first part of a two-part conversation, Chris La Tray, Métis storyteller and Montana Poet Laureate (2023-2025), discusses his memoir, ‘Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home’ (Milkweed Editions).

Early voting, tight races and relief from all the ads. Election day is almost here

Polls and pundits will soon be proven right or wrong. Last-ditch ads stray further from the facts. Early voting is higher in some counties than others.

‘Scattered Snows, to the North’: Retracing steps and self-correcting with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Phillips

For this web exclusive episode of ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with poet Carl Phillips, author of ‘Scattered Snows, to the North,’ and the Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Then the War and Selected Poems, 2007-2020’ (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), in advance of his appearance at the Missoula Art Museum on November 6, 2024.

On the right, the cover of ‘Red Paint’ by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, which features the author, with long dark hair, red eye shadow, and red lipstick. ‘RED PAINT’ is in large, white text on top of a red paint splash. The subtitle, ‘The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk,’ is formatted the same. On the left, a black and white photo of the author wearing a hooded sweatshirt that reads NO COPS NO SETTLERS.

Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe wears the ‘Red Paint’ and finds a home of her own

This week on ‘The Write Question,’ Lauren chats with Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, author of ‘Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk’ (Counterpoint LLC).

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