Dr. Kevin Koch will take participants on a photographic journey through natural spaces across each of the twelve Midwestern states, including short excerpts from his newest book, Midwest Bedrock: The Search for Nature’s Soul in America’s Heartland (Indiana University Press, 2024). Koch’s writing style blends narrative and informative techniques to invoke Sense of Place.
Dr. Kevin Koch is Professor Emeritus of English from Loras College in Dubuque, IA. He is author of four nature-based books blending personal narrative and informational writing to explore a Sense of Place. His books are: Midwest Bedrock (2024); The Thin Places (2016); The Driftless Land (2010), and Skiing at Midnight (2002). At Loras College he taught courses on Nature Writing, the Mississippi River, the Midwest Landscape, the Driftless Area, and more.
Galena LitFest 2025 is the eleventh annual literary festival organized and funded by the Galena Public Library with support from the Friends of the Galena Public Library and in partnership with the Galena Center for the Arts, Miss Kitty’s Grape Escape, and Hawk Valley Retreat & Cottages. Events will take place throughout January in-person and virtually.
