Montana’s Co-Poet Laureate: Mandy Smoker Broaddus
M.L. Smoker describes her earliest memories of writing as analogous to the sound of a bell penetrating deeply into her cosmos...
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Montana Press
- Aug 5, 2020
- 7 min
Meet the Montana Press
Meet the photographers, writers, editors, artists and distributors who compile the best of Montana on the page for readers across the state.
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Montana Press
- 13 hours ago
- 9 min
Montana Books: Jamie Harrison Builds upon a Family Legacy
Livingston author Jamie Harrison admits that literary heredity can be a handful...
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Montana Press
- Jun 10
- 7 min
The Taste of Montana: An Innovative Business Model for Made-in-Montana Products
“An exquisite meal is so much more than just tossing random ingredients together. It takes patience, imagination...
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Montana Press
- Jun 9
- 9 min
Montana Books: Stephanie Schriock on Women Changing the World
Over the past decade, Butte-born EMILY’s List president Stephanie Schriock has redefined American politics...
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Montana Press
- Jun 9
- 6 min
Famous and Not Forgotten: Aviator Merrill K. Riddick
Perennial losing candidates are not unusual in American politics but Riddick’s quests earned him a place in the hearts of many in Montana...
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Montana Press
- Jun 9
- 4 min
Shauna White Bear Crafts Montana-Made Moccasins
“I love riveting and adding accents with ribbon or brass,” White Bear says...
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Montana Press
- Jun 9
- 10 min
Liquid Gold: A War over Water in Western Montana
A conflict over water - and one company’s right to bottle it by the billions of gallons - is in the depths of a four-year battle...
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Montana Press
- Jun 9
- 8 min
Satirist Carl Hiaasen Presents a Duo of New Novels
Still not finding much to laugh about in these post-pandemic times? America’s funniest satirist Carl Hiaasen has the solution...
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Montana Press
- Jun 9
- 5 min
Famous And not Forgotten: Cowboy Poet D.J. O’Malley
"Tonight as I lay on the prairie
Looking up at the stars in the sky,
I wonder if ever a cowboy
Will get to that sweet by and by..."
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Montana Press
- Jun 9
- 5 min
Artisan Husbandry: The Montana Alpaca Experience
Betty Kujawa moved to Montana in 1999, settling in Butte. She enrolled in an alpaca spinning class about ten years ago...
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Montana Press
- Jun 7
- 4 min
Steel Woods Tours Montana in June
The Steel Woods released its third and perhaps most polished album, All of Your Stones, in May, 2021, a powerful series of compilations...
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Montana Press
- Jun 7
- 8 min
Singing for Sanity: Musician Jason DeShaw’s Journey of Advocacy
DeShaw says he sees the universal language of music as an effective way to merge mental-health awareness and melody...
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Montana Press
- Jun 7
- 8 min
Montana Books: Bestselling Author Crafts New Literary Universe
At the ripe old age of 36, the bright and ever-engaging Paolini, a home-schooled book nerd, is taking two giant leaps.
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Montana Press
- Jun 7
- 8 min
Famous and Not Forgotten: Life-saving Vaccine Scientist Maurice Hilleman
A 1941 Montana State graduate with dual degrees in chemistry and microbiology, Hilleman is credited with saving the lives of millions...
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Montana Press
- Apr 20
- 8 min
Rez Gothic: Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Jones repeatedly tags readers with smack-dab prose, wicked humor and nightmarish circumstances of real and imagined immortality.
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Montana Press
- Apr 20
- 4 min
Montana Spotlight: Xeriscaping in Missoula
Lavender, tick weed, black-eyed Susan, common yarrow, mountain-ash, spiraea, and much more fill the lawns of Montana's low-water gardeners.
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Montana Press
- Apr 8
- 14 min
Capitol Watch: Governor Greg Gianforte Brings Religious Values to the Political Arena
In this ongoing series, Montana Press will continue to present a biographical profile of Montana’s new governor, exploring his history...
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Montana Press
- Apr 4
- 15 min
Jennifer Pentilla: A Montanan Forever Lost in New Mexico?
She loved camping and hiking and the thrill of sleeping outdoors.
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Montana Press
- Mar 20
- 6 min
Haeli Allen: Making Sweet Music in the Pandemic Age
An up-and-coming performing artist may talk about how committed she or he is to dealing with the rigors of the musician’s life: endless...
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