During this program, Tami Haaland talks about her creative process, her work at Montana's Women's Prison, and reads several poems from her collection When We Wake in the Night.

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Originally from the Montana highline where her grandparents homesteaded in the early 20th century, Haaland attended the University of Montana and received a B.A. and M.A. in English. Some years later, she received an MFA in Literature and Creative Writing from Bennington College.

Tami Haaland is a professor of English at Montana State University Billings. She also teaches periodically at the Montana Women's Prison. In 2011, she won an Innovation Award from the Montana Arts Council.

Her first collection, Breath in Every Room, was awarded the Nicholas Roerich First Book Prize.

Watch a video of Tami Haaland reading her poem When We Wake in the Night.

Visit the publisher's Web site and read sample poems from When We Wake in the Night.

Tami Haaland's page on the Humanities Montana Web site.

You'll find When We Wake in the Night at Fact & Fiction in downtown Missoula and on the UM campus, or at your local independent bookseller.

The Write Question is produced by Chérie Newman. Executive producer, Michael Marsolek; studio engineer, Beth Anne Austein.

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

This program is supported by the Steele-Reese Foundation, Humanities Montana, connecting kids to community, supporting vital cultural institutions, and encouraging community conversations. And by Montana's Cultural Trust, Fact & Fiction book stores, and Public Radio Listeners.

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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.