MIDWEST BEDROCK with Kevin Koch @ Northside Library
Schedule
Thu May 01 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Northside Library | Kenosha, WI
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"Kevin Koch knows the landscape of the American Midwest, not as "flyover country," but as root-in country. In "Midwest Bedrock" Koch burrows beneath the Midwest's unassuming surfaces, down into its rich layers of natural and cultural history. He finds there—and shares here—the region's beauty and bounty, its checkered past, and its ever-present promise. He grounds us in soil and story." ~Curt Meine, Aldo Leopold Foundation and Center for Humans and NatureJoin Kevin Koch as he goes through a presentation from his newest book, "Midwest Bedrock: The Search for Nature's Soul in America's Heartland" at the Northside Library on Thursday, May 1st at 6 p.m. In his presentation, he will take the audience on a photo-journey throughout the Midwest places represented in the book, with short reading excerpts.
This event is free, but registration is required. Get all the details and RSVP here: https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/1605620250501
ABOUT MIDWEST BEDROCK:
To know a place deeply means to understand it on several levels, layered almost as if from bedrock to topsoil. "Midwest Bedrock: The Search for Nature's Soul in America's Heartland" takes readers on a journey across all twelve Midwest states to natural settings that defy typical stereotypes of the Midwest landscape. Each chapter focuses on one focal region or locality within each state, often seeking out lesser-known landscapes steeped in beauty and story.
Author Kevin Koch invites readers to join him on a journey through the beauty of the Midwest and to discover such places as Wisconsin's 1,100-mile Ice Age Trail that follows the furthest reach of the last glacier; Minnesota's Lake Itasca, headwaters of the Mississippi River; and Indiana's Hoosier National Forest, which still cradles hidden graveyards from long-abandoned farm communities.
Part history, part memoir, part interview-based research, "Midwest Bedrock" is a personal narrative of exploring the natural beauty of America's Heartland, where each location tells the stories of the past that linger on the landscape.
ABOUT KEVIN KOCH:
Kevin Koch is author of "Skiing at Midnight: A Nature Journal from Dubuque County, Iowa"; "The Driftless Land: Spirit of Place in the Upper Mississippi Valley"; and "The Thin Places: A Celtic Landscape from Ireland to the Driftless". More of his work, including shorter works on outdoor places and photos, can be viewed at https://www.kevinkochdriftlessland.net/
Koch is Professor of English at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.
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Northside Library, 1500 27th Ave,Kenosha, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
