River Writers

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

Episodes

February 9, 2026 23 mins
This month on River Writers, Asher Finch interviews Heather Douglas, editor of the Coast Weekend, about her journey to the Astorian, writing, and zines.
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Marianne Monson interviews poet Dayle Olson about her new chapbook.
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December 8, 2025 29 mins
Asher Finch interviews local author Deb Vanasse
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November 10, 2025 28 mins
Host Marianne Monson interviews Oregon Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, keynote for the 2025 Astoria Creative Writing Festival.
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October 13, 2025 29 mins
Marianne Monson interviews author Karl Marlantes in this Part 3 episode.
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September 8, 2025 29 mins
Host Marianne Monson interviews Marj Hogan, this year’s North Coast Writer-in-Resident!
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August 11, 2025 29 mins
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.
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July 14, 2025 29 mins
Marianne Monson interviews local poet Logan Garner about his new poetry collection.
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June 9, 2025 29 mins
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 lives and writes in Astoria. ...
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May 12, 2025 29 mins
Marianne Monson interviews author Karl Marlantes
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April 14, 2025 28 mins
Asher Finch speaks with author and writing instructor Kama O’Conner
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March 10, 2025 29 mins
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!
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February 10, 2025 29 mins
Co-host Marianne Monson interviews local author Cindy Gentry about Sermons on the Couch, her collection of secular sermons.
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January 14, 2025 29 mins
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.
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December 9, 2024 29 mins
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.
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November 11, 2024 28 mins
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.
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October 14, 2024 28 mins
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, and much more.
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September 9, 2024 29 mins
Marianne Monson interviews local author Asher Finch
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August 12, 2024 29 mins
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.
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July 9, 2024 29 mins
Marianne Monson interviews Grays River poet Robert Michael Pyle.
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