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The Write Question, a program that explores the world of writing and publishing in the western United States. Our guest today is poet Roger Dunsmore from Dillon, Montana.
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Dunsmore is a University of Montana humanities professor emeritus currently teaching English at UM-Western. He has twice been short-listed to the Governor for the position of Montana Poet Laureate. PuddingHouse Publications just released Roger Dunsmore: Greatest Hits, 1969-2005, an invitational retrospective, 2007. And, his poetry was recently included in Poems Across the Big Sky: An Anthology of Montana Poets.
A selection of poems from Dunsmore's third full-length volume, Tiger Hill: China Poems, received an individual artists fellowship from the Montana Arts Council. A collection of his essays on American Indian Literature, Earth's Mind, was published by University of New Mexico Press in 1997."
Read Roger Dunsmore's biography on Drumlummon.com
An article about Roger Dunsmore on LivelyTimes.com
FYI: Information About New Books By Regional Authors
Recently published books by regional writers include, Jackalope Dreams by Mary Clearman Blew from Moscow, Idaho.
And, Open-Focus Brain, by Dr. Les Fehmi, Princeton, New Jersey, and Jim Robbins from Helena, Montana.
For more information about new books, contact your favorite bookseller
or library.
And, here are a few lines from Roger Dunsmore’s poem titled, “Dog Spelled Backwards”:
I miss my old dog
when I hear the garbage truck
clanging in the alley
and there is no one to back at it,
except me.
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 Mandir, Michael Blessing and Springhill.
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