Creative Writing at University of Montana

10/16/2024

https://www.factandfictionbooks.com/event/ramona-emerson-conversation-debra-earling

Hey Missoula, Come to Fact & Fiction to meet Ramona Emerson tomorrow night! Ramona is one of the most important writers to come out of IAIA that fabulous program that also gave us Tommy Orange. She has a new book out just in time for a dark October read. Her first novel Shutter is a perfect crime/spooky read and was nominated for the National Book Award. Impressive? Yes!!!

03/14/2024

Woke to the news that the Atlantic Monthly listed Perma Red as one of the Great American Novels. Of 136 titles, my teacher, Jim Welch's Winter in the Blood made the list, too. Perma Red was such a challenging book to write and over so many years of frustrations and disappointments, I told myself (to keep myself going) that I was writing the great American novel. I know the list is subjective and many more titles are more deserving. But the acknowledgement comes like a great light shining back and back to that first fraught line I wrote over and over again.

136 books that made America think

07/26/2022

The remarkable Caylin Capra-Thomas!

Capra-Thomas never wastes a word or loses her voice.

06/09/2022

Caylin Capra-Thomas
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Iguana Iguana By Caylin Capra-Thomas, Reviewed by Layla Benitez-James

04/05/2022

In “The Lifeguards,” Amanda Eyre Ward imagines what happens when a group of teenagers discovers a dead body.

02/24/2022

Get this collection now!

By Caylin Capra-Thomas A debut book of poetry from rising star Capra-Thomas, Iguana Iguana stomps around the country learning about friendships, uncertainty, and belonging. Publication Date: June 7, 2022 Paperback: 9781646051779 eBook: 9781646051762 Description Alive to the beauty and anxiety of new...

12/02/2021

Ed McClanahan has checked out. He was a professor of mine here in Missoula in the 70s, a fine, funny guy and a great attentive reader. Find the "Little Enis" piece and read it if you want a treat.

https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article255770651.html?fbclid=IwAR2RPFPklFOzw5DHZAOnUCCF6QtS2M39bupeQisCNmeqScv2cIv63CP-c8A

Obituary: Ed McClanahan used his Bracken County childhood and wilder adventures in California to create a beloved literary career in Kentucky.

12/01/2021

In an essay on the history of storytelling, writer Ursula Le Guin posits that, as a species, we have prioritized tales of adventure and action, drama and conflict. Paleolithic hunters returned not just with mammoth meat, but also — and perhaps just as importantly —...