Welcome to The Write Question, a program that explores the world of writing and publishing in the Western United States. Our guest today is poet and teacher Deborah Slicer.

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Slicer's collection of poetry, The White Calf Kicks, won the Autumn House Prize judged by Naomi Nye. Her poems have appeared recently in several magazines, including Orion and Spoon River Poetry — also in two anthologies: Joyful Noise and When She Named Fire.

Slicer’s poems have been featured three times in recent years on Garrison Keillor's nationally syndicated radio program, The Writer's Almanac.

In addition to writing, Slicer teachers at the University of Montana and with the Missoula Writing Collaborative, a nonprofit organization that provides in-depth creative writing instruction to more than 4500 students each year. The kid poets you’ll hear during this program were recorded in June at Hawthorne School in Missoula..

Recently published books by regional writers include Following Isabella: Travels in Colorado Then and Now, by Robert Root.

And new from the University of Nebraska Press, Lights on a Ground of Darkness, by Ted Kooser.

For more information about new books, contact your favorite bookseller or library.

The Write Question is produced by Chérie Newman.

Executive producer, Michael Marsolek.

Special thanks to Lisa Simon, David Moore, Barbara Theroux, and Kim Anderson.

This program is supported in part by Humanities Montana, enriching intellectual, cultural, and civic life for all Montanans.

This program included music by Michael Blessing, John Floridis, and Springhill.

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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.