The Okoboji Writers' Retreat is a tradition started in 2021. Writers of all skill levels come to experience Lake Okoboji for a 2.5 day retreat. Topics range from getting started, memoir, nonfiction, fiction, playwriting, opinion, and now songwriting.
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Where Fact and Fiction Merge Into One. Smart Thinking, Creativity, and Celebrating Being Bold, Ferocious, and Brave. An Independent Press in a Red State.
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A view from rural America: immigration, agriculture, environment, politics
Fourth-generation Iowa journalist dives deep with unpredictable, well-reported writing on rural America's people, politics and culture.