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Poems, etc.

Poems as a visit from the dead

Posted Monday, September 24, 2012

When my dad was a boy, he told us he used to visit his aunt…

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Haikus of Travel

Posted Sunday, September 23, 2012

In the Missoula airport when I was going to Honduras last January with a Missoula…

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Dear Joanna Poems

Posted Saturday, September 22, 2012

Instead of writing a blog introducing my new novel, Ben Armstrong’s Strange Trip Home, I’ve…

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Craig Lancaster’s interview with me

Posted Monday, August 20, 2012

“When I heard that Montana author David Allan Cates had a new novel, Ben Armstrong’s…

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Montana Public Radio The Write Question Interview

Posted Thursday, August 16, 2012

The Write Question radio interview, August 16, 2012 “Your brother forgives you,” Ben Armstrong is…

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