Writing

The writing archive holds Anna Paige’s journalism, radio stories, essays, and poetry from 2009 to 2023, most of it from her years covering the arts in Montana. Her current essays are on Substack.

Recent writings

Poetry Notes

February 16, 2018

Posted in Poetry and Spoken Word

I’ve been questioning my place in poetry. What is my voice? Why am I writing? What is my purpose? I want everything to mean everything. And some days, it does….

Two Lighthouses

November 15, 2017

Posted in Poetry and Spoken Word

Sound: Matt Smiley Poetry: Anna Paige

A Reading of Her Own

October 16, 2017

Posted in Arts & Culture

An evening dedicated to Women’s Voices will take place Thursday, Oct. 19 at MoAV Coffee (2501 Montana Avenue), hosted by Billings Area Literary Arts (BALA) and presented in conjunction with…

Ekphrasis: A poetry & collage pop-up show

September 9, 2017

Posted in Poetry and Spoken Word

Ekphrasis: orig. Greek: a vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined. Ekphrasis. In short, it’s art about art. It’s a beautiful word….

Accidental gravity and lament of the antichrist in a secular world

June 16, 2017

Posted in Arts & Culture

I recently had the good fortune to sit down with poets and dog lovers Bernie Quetchenbach and Cara Chamberlain for Yellowstone Public Radio. As a married couple, their literary lives…

The Chinooks of Jussila

August 26, 2016

Posted in Arts & Culture

Neil Jussila will tell you stories. An abstract painter, poet, Vietnam veteran, and the current artist in residence at the Yellowstone Art Museum, Jussila has a knack for painting pictures…

Brain training: Stepping off the treadmill

July 15, 2016

Posted in Essays & Nonfiction

I’m not a runner. I view people who run as a bit mad. I can’t imagine being driven to run from one place to another, pounding pavement as your ankles…

Montana’s majesty is a moving experience. The vastness of this state captivates audiences with prairie vistas and grand mountains upheaved from the earth. Nature’s organic brushstroke has created scenes of…

About Anna

Anna Paige is an award-winning journalist and photographer based in Fargo-Moorhead. She has worked in media for more than two decades, focusing on photography, the arts and community journalism. She is a rostered teaching artist with the North Dakota Council on the Arts. Want to stay connected? Anna sends periodic updates about upcoming events, new publications and projects, and articles that might interest you.
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