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The swivel and startle of language: Long-time “horse girl” Emily Haworth-Booth discusses her debut novel, ‘Mare’
2026/06/19 | 29 mins.
This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Emily Haworth-Booth about motherhood and language in her debut novel, ‘Mare’ (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).
‘Make Believe’: Mac Barnett writes first book for adults, widens the aperture of what children’s books can be
2026/06/12 | 29 mins.
This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Mac Barnett, National Ambassador for Children’s Literature and the author of ‘Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children’ (Little, Brown & Company), his first book written for adults.
“Art witch and pragmatist” Courtney Maum publishes anti-capitalist romp, ‘Alan Opts Out’
2026/06/05 | 29 mins.
This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Courtney Maum, author of ‘Alan Opts Out’ (Little, Brown & Company).
‘A Truce That Is Not Peace’: Miriam Toews on language, silence, and pop-up wind museums
2026/05/29 | 29 mins.
This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Miriam Toews, author of the memoir ‘A Truce That Is Not Peace’ (Bloomsbury Publishing). Note: This conversation contains explicit references to suicide. If you or someone you love is struggling with a mental health crisis or in immediate danger, please call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
A “Climate Solutions Week” encore: Mark Easter serves up ‘The Blue Plate’
2026/05/22 | 29 mins.
This week on ‘The Write Question,’ for NPR’s “Climate Solutions Week,” in 2026 leaning into local lessons, the TWQ team returns to Lauren Korn’s conversation with ecologist Mark Easter, author of ‘The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos’ (Patagonia Books).

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The Write Question is a weekly literary program hosted by Lauren Korn that features authors from the American West—and beyond—including James Lee Burke, Kate Lebo, Anne Helen Petersen, Robert Wrigley, Jess Walter, Stephen Graham Jones, Hoa Nguyen, Maggie Shipstead, Elissa Washuta, and others.

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