Exploring the Driftless and Beyond with Author Kevin Koch

Kick off Earth Week with a journey through 30 years of nature writing.

What began with a short essay titled “Skiing at Midnight” for his students sparked a decades-long career for local author Kevin Koch, encompassing four books, a long-running outdoors newspaper column and blog, and numerous other publications. In this presentation, Kevin will guide participants on a photo-illustrated journey through a sampling of his work.

Kevin Koch is is Professor Emeritus at Loras College, where he taught in the English Department for 42 years. He is also the author of:

• Skiing at Midnight: A Nature Journal from Dubuque County, Iowa
• 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

This event is free and open to the public. Come early to mingle and enjoy Earth Week inspired refreshments.

Learn more about the presenter: kevinkochdriftlessland.net