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DBQ Area Writers Guild

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General Admission

Join us for a writers workshop with Kevin Koch, hosted by the DBQ Area Writers Guild. This session will focus on how we write what we write. &nbsp; We will begin at 10:00 a.m., break for lunch, break again at 3:00 p.m., then gather at 6:00 p.m. for a public reading of our work. About Kevin Koch:Local writer Kevin Koch is Professor Emeritus of English from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, where he taught several nature- and place-themed writing courses. He is author of four books:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- Skiing at Midnight: A Nature Journal from Dubuque County, IA&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- The Driftless Land: Spirit of Place in the Upper Mississippi Valley&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- The Thin Places: A Celtic Landscape from Ireland to the Driftless&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- Midwest Bedrock: The Search for Nature&rsquo;s Soul in America&rsquo;s Heartland.He also writes an Outdoors/Travel column for the Dubuque Telegraph Herald.

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Join us for a writers workshop with Kevin Koch, hosted by the DBQ Area Writers Guild. This session will focus on how we write what we write.   We will begin at 10:00 a.m., break for lunch, break again at 3:00 p.m., then gather at 6:00 p.m. for a public reading of our work. About Kevin Koch:Local writer Kevin Koch is Professor Emeritus of English from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, where he taught several nature- and place-themed writing courses. He is author of four books:     - Skiing at Midnight: A Nature Journal from Dubuque County, IA     - The Driftless Land: Spirit of Place in the Upper Mississippi Valley     - The Thin Places: A Celtic Landscape from Ireland to the Driftless     - Midwest Bedrock: The Search for Nature’s Soul in America’s Heartland.He also writes an Outdoors/Travel column for the Dubuque Telegraph Herald.

DBQ Area Writers Guild

Writers Workshop with Kevin Koch

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General Admission

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