River Writers

River Writers is brought to you by the Writers Guild of Astoria, and features interviews about the craft of writing. The program is co-hosted by Marianne Monson and Sean Davis.This program is a co-production of the Writers Guild and KMUN.KMUN is a community radio station, broadcasting from the studios of the Tillicum House in Astoria, Oregon. We serve the coastal communities of southwest Washington and northwest Oregon.Find out more at kmun.org

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Episodes 45

River Writers – August 10, 2026
19d ago · 28:59
This month, Asher Finch interviews Astoria author Brad Pietzyk about his recently published memoir, Dragon’s Current: The Storm that Stayed Inside.
River Writers – July 13, 2026
1mo ago · 29:33
Marianne speaks with local writer and cofounder of the series “Women Who Write to Heal,” Megan Amara Rose.
River Writers – June 9th, 2026
2mo ago · 29:02
River Writers – May 11, 2026
3mo ago · 29:01
This month on River Writers, Marianne Monson interviews Jim Dott, a local poet and KMUN programmer.
River Writers – April 13, 2026
4mo ago · 28:56
This month on River Writers, Asher Finch interviews Deac Guidi, a longtime communications and humanities instructor at Clatsop Community College.
River Writers – February 9th, 2026
6mo ago · 23:07
This month on River Writers, Asher Finch interviews Heather Douglas, editor of the Coast Weekend, about her journey to the Astorian, writing, and zines.
River Writers – January 12th, 2026
7mo ago · 28:59
Marianne Monson interviews poet Dayle Olson about her new chapbook.
River Writers – December 8th, 2025
8mo ago · 29:00
Asher Finch interviews local author Deb Vanasse
River Writers – November 10th, 2025
9mo ago · 28:33
Host Marianne Monson interviews Oregon Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, keynote for the 2025 Astoria Creative Writing Festival.
River Writers – October 13th, 2025
10mo ago · 29:00
Marianne Monson interviews author Karl Marlantes in this Part 3 episode.
River Writers – September 8th, 2025
11mo ago · 29:00
Host Marianne Monson interviews Marj Hogan, this year’s North Coast Writer-in-Resident!
River Writers – August 11th, 2025
1y ago · 29:00
This month, Asher Finch interviews local author and Writers Guild founder Marianne Monson about writing, her journey to Astoria, and balancing creativity with the chaos of life.
River Writers – July 14th, 2025
1y ago · 29:00
Marianne Monson interviews local poet Logan Garner about his new poetry collection.
River Writers – June 9th, 2025
1y ago · 29:00
This month on River Writers Sean Davis sits down to speak to career journalist Mike Francis. While originally from Chicago, Mike traveled around the country writing for different newspapers and radio stations until he ended up with the Oregonian for almost 22 years which included three tours in Iraq as an embedded reporter. Today, Mike...
River Writers – May 12th, 2025
1y ago · 29:00
Marianne Monson interviews author Karl Marlantes
River Writers – April 14th, 2025
1y ago · 28:01
Asher Finch speaks with author and writing instructor Kama O’Conner
River Writers – March 10th, 2025
1y ago · 29:00
Sean sits down and speaks to Dan McClure, the Director of the Clatsop Community College Library, about how anyone with an Astoria Library Card can check out books and other things at the college. They also talk about art, music, and zines!
River Writers – February 10th, 2025
1y ago · 29:00
Co-host Marianne Monson interviews local author Cindy Gentry about Sermons on the Couch, her collection of secular sermons.
River Writers – January 13th, 2025
1y ago · 29:00
Sean Davis sits down with North Coast writer and poet Jason Arias in the Clatsop Community College Library. They discuss Jason’s two books: A Momentary Illumination of Objects In Motion and his new book of poetry nostraDAMus 2032. They also talk about the beauty of the North Coast and its literary scene.
River Writers – December 9th, 2024
1y ago · 29:00
Marianne Monson sits down with Sallie Vandegrift, author and editor, for a conversation about the art of these practices as well as the world of literary arts nonprofits.
River Writers – November 11th, 2024
1y ago · 28:59
Marianne Monson plays a segment of the recording of Karl Marlantes’ keynote address at the October 2024 Astoria Creative Writing Festival sponsored by The Writers Guild.
River Writers – October 14th, 2024
1y ago · 28:58
Sean talks to Best Selling author Mike Magnuson. Magnuson teaches at Pacific University’s Low-Residency MFA program that meets in the winters in Seaside. He is the managing editor of a new Creative NonFiction Magazine called Sneaker Wave. Sean and Mike talk about what makes a good memoir, what it was like to teach with Harry Crews,...
River Writers – September 9th, 2024
1y ago · 29:00
Marianne Monson interviews local author Asher Finch
River Writers August 12, 2024
2y ago · 29:02
Sean speaks to Oregon Book Award winner Lidia Yuknavitch about the writer as an observer and how to write about social issues without going insane.
River Writers – July 8th, 2024
2y ago · 29:00
Marianne Monson interviews Grays River poet Robert Michael Pyle.