River Writers

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.