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The Write Question for January 06, 2008
11:46 AM - 11:59 AM
Today's Highlight: Welcome to The Write Question, a program that explores the world of writing and publishing in the western United States. Our guest today is author Debra Magpie Earling from Missoula, Montana.
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Earling is a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation. In addition to writing, Earling teaches fiction and Native American studies at the University of Montana.
Her first book, Perma Red, received a Western Writers Association Spur Award for Best Novel of the West; the Mountain and Plains Bookseller Association Award; WWA’s Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for Best First Novel; a Willa Literary Award; and the American Book Award. It is a Montana Book Award Honor Book and was chosen by Barnes and Noble as part of its “Discover Great New Writers” series. Earling’s stories have appeared in The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology; Talking Leaves: Contemporary Native American Short Stories; Circle of Women: Anthology of Western Women Writers; and Wild Women: Anthology of Women Writers. Earling’s current work-in-progress is supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Biography/Criticism
Debra Magpie Earling from Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color, an International Website
Debra Magpie Earling from University of Montana Missoula – English Department Faculty Listing
Reviews
Perma Red “From the Critics” from Barnes & Noble.com
“Stepping Forward” (Review of Perma Red) by David Abrams from January magazine
“Story of Love, Freedom, Brings New Voice” by Jay MacDonald from News-Press.com
“First Novel Depicts Life on Flathead” by Scott MacKenzie from the Billings Outpost
Reviews in Brief (Perma Red) from the San Francisco Chronicle
Awards and Honors
Writers Corner from the National Endowment of the Arts
American Book Awards 2003 from the Before Columbus Foundation
Author, Educator Receives Guggenheim Fellowship from UM News and Events Calendar
Works by the Author
Selected Bibliography from Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color, an International Website
“Never Truly Passing” from Indian Country Today
Works about the Author
Selected Bibliography from Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color, an International Website
Excerpts and Synopses
Perma Red Sample Chapter “The Old Marriage” from Barnes & Noble.com
Excerpts from Perma Red from the Amazon Online Reader
Plot Summary of Perma Red from AllReaders.com
FYI: Information About New Books By Regional Authors
Recently published fiction includes "Cold Lessons," by Michael McCulloch.
If you’re interested in nonfiction, take note of "Storytelling in Yellowstone: Horse and Buggy Tour Guides," written by Lee H. Whittlesey.
And in the historical fiction category, "Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian And The Secrets of Metamorphosis," by Kim Todd.
For more information about new books, contact your favorite bookseller or library.
And here’s something to think about. According to Barbara Tuchman, “Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.”
The Write Question is produced by Chérie Newman.
Executive producer, Michael Marsolek.
Special thanks to Barbara Theroux, Prageeta Sharma, Renée McGrath, and Kim Anderson.
This program is supported in part by The Greater Montana Foundation—encouraging communication on issues, trends, and values of importance to Montanans. And by Humanities Montana, enriching intellectual, cultural, and civic life for all Montanans.
This program included music by Michael Blessing, Springhill, Spotted Eagle, and Bill Miller.
Send comments to Chérie Newman
Guests on the The Write Question are writers, publishers, and illustrators living, or working for an extended period of time, in the western United States. The Write Question is a production of Montana Public Radio.
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