Weltzien is a Professor of English at The University of Montana Western, in Dillon. He has had two Fulbright Fellowships (Poland, 1989-90; Bulgaria, 1997-98) and one UM faculty exchange (Australia, 2003).
Weltzien is editor, co-editor, or author of four books, most recently a memoir, A Father and an Island: Reflections on Loss (Lewis-Clark Press, 2008) and The Norman Maclean Reader (University of Chicago Press, 2008).
Weltzien is currently completing a lengthy article, "Thomas Savage, Forgotten Novelist" for publication in Montana: The Magazine of Western History. Savage is the most famous writer from Beaverhead County, and Weltzien is planning a larger work devoted to this fine--and unfairly forgotten--novelist. In addition, Weltzien has begun a project concerning Washington State's (five) volcanoes and the perils of mountaineering as a mass sport.
When not reading, teaching, or writing, Weltzien runs or climbs mountains.
FYI
New poetry by regional writers includes Controlled Burn, a collection from Pudding House by Casey Charles from Missoula, Montana.
And new from University Press of Colorado, Drifting West: The Calamities of James White and Charles Baker, by Virginia McConnell Simmons from Colorado.
For more information about new books by regional writers contact your favorite bookseller or library.
And here's a quote from Jim Valvana: "My father gave met the greatest gift anyone could give another person. He believed in 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 Michael Blessing and Springhill.
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