River Writers

This month on River Writers, Marianne Monson interviews Jim Dott, a local poet and KMUN programmer.

This month on River Writers, Asher Finch interviews Deac Guidi, a longtime communications and humanities instructor at Clatsop Community College.

This month on River Writers, Asher Finch interviews Heather Douglas, editor of the Coast Weekend, about her journey to the Astorian, writing, and zines.

Marianne Monson interviews poet Dayle Olson about her new chapbook.

Asher Finch interviews local author Deb Vanasse

Host Marianne Monson interviews Oregon Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, keynote for the 2025 Astoria Creative Writing Festival. 

Marianne Monson interviews author Karl Marlantes in this Part 3 episode. 

Host Marianne Monson interviews Marj Hogan, this year’s North Coast Writer-in-Resident!

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.

Marianne Monson interviews local poet Logan Garner about his new poetry collection.

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...

Marianne Monson interviews author Karl Marlantes

Asher Finch speaks with author and writing instructor Kama O’Conner

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!

Co-host Marianne Monson interviews local author Cindy Gentry about Sermons on the Couch, her collection of secular sermons.

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.

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.

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.

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,...

Marianne Monson interviews local author Asher Finch

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.

Marianne Monson interviews Grays River poet Robert Michael Pyle. 

Host Sean Davis goes to Ric’s Open Mic or the Poets on the Pier and spoke to Jennifer Nightingale. River Writers is on scene to speak to some really great people and highlight this open mic at WineKraft on Pier 11 the first Tuesday of every month. 

Marianne Monson speaks with local author and poet, Cliff Taylor

Marianne Monson interviews Mike Stark

Host Sean Davis speaks with author Kase Johnstun.

Host Marianne Monson speaks with American author and journalist Randall Sullivan

Host Dayle Olson interviews author Alan Rose. 

Host Marianne Monson speaks with author Brenda Cárdenas

Dayle Olson has a conversation with Lower Columbia author and historian, Irene Martin.

Marianne Monson speaks with Astoria-based author and cartoonist Alyssa Graybeal

Host Dayle Olson interviews Sydney Stevens, author and historian of Oysterville.

An interview with Pacific Northwest Poet Emily Ransdell

Dayle Olson speaks with Bunny Ketterman

Marianne Monson interviews author Deborah Hazen

Marianne Monson interviews David Campiche

Marianne Monson interviews author Susan Banyas

Dayle Olson of the Writers Guild of Astoria interviews local writer and playwright Shawn Deal.

Host Marianne Monson interviews guest writer Elisa Carlsen of Astoria.

Dayle Olson of the Writers Guild interviews local author and playwright Jan Bono.

Marianne Monson interviews local musician, Israel Nebeker of Blind Pilot, on his songwriting process.

In this premier episode of River Writers, a new KMUN program brought to you by the Writer’s Guild of Astoria, co-hosts Marianne Monson and Dayle Olson talk all things writing, and preview what you can expect from this new endeavor.