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Julie Gammack
Sep 15, 2023
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First, welcome new subscribers. We have had a big wave of newcomers in the past week (could this be the Dudley effect?). I’m glad you’re here. Although I don’t intend to turn this column into an all-Dudley space, I have created a new column that will be all about Dudley. I started it for family members, but open it to anyone who wants to keep up with two aging baby boomers tackling raising a puppy: J. Dudley Gilbert. We pick him up next Thursday. They say there is comedic gold in disasters.

J. Dudley Gilbert, currently 7 pounds 6 ounces, comes home Thursday!

It’s a tad chaotic here this week, but I wanted to welcome our newbies and let you know this community is friendly. It’s called a ‘potluck’ because it’s a sample of various topics, primarily but not exclusively for an Iowa audience (we have readers in most states now).

I’ll be back in the swing of things after the Okoboji Writers’ Retreat next week. (see the agenda listed below).

Typically, I host a Monday Zoom Lunch from noon to 1 p.m. featuring a notable guest. For example, here is a recent session we held with our Iowa Writers’ Collaborative member, Food Writer Wini Moranville: Julie’s Zoom Potluck Guest.

On Monday, September 25, psychotherapist Meredith Stahl will join us to talk about school bullying and how to talk to your kids about the subject.

Speaking of the Collaborative, member Robert Leonard has a real doozy this week about a jousting he and an Iowa legislator are having. Trust me, one does not want to wage a war of words with the anthropologist, former wrestler, and writer from rural Iowa. Check it out. Grab some popcorn, as they say: Iowa State Senator Ken Rozenboom Loses His Cool…and show’s Iowans who he really is

Another wonderful Iowa Writers’ Collaborative columnist, Steph Copley, has a scathing reaction to media coverage of a big sports story:

A ‘RARE WIN’ MY ‘ARSE

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SUBSCRIBER PERK - JOIN US VIRTUALLY ON MONDAY

If you are a paid subscriber to this Potluck column, you will be invited to participate in the Okoboji Writers’ Retreat's opening hour starting Monday, 7:45 a.m. You will hear one-minute introductions by our speakers and the topics they plan to present. PAID SUBSCRIBERS will receive the Zoom link on Monday morning.

If you are not a paid subscriber, you can become one now. These funds allow partial and full scholarships to be awarded so emerging writers can attend OWR. Thanks to this effort, 30 individuals are participating in OWR 23 who might not otherwise be able to attend. This brings a valuable perspective to the entire group.

Also, as a paid subscriber, as a thank-you, you will be invited to attend a holiday party on December 7 in the former governor’s mansion, 2900 Grand Avenue.

Okoboji Writers’ Retreat Agenda! Check it out!

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Iowa Writers Collaborative

Linking readers and writers who care about Iowa.
By Julie Gammack

IOWA WRITERS’ COLLABORATIVE

Have you explored the variety of writers we have in the Iowa Writer’s Collaborative? They are from around the state and contribute commentary and feature stories of interest to those who are care about the Iowa. Please pick five you’d like to support by becoming paid. It helps keep them going. Enjoy:

Columnists

Laura Belin: Iowa Politics with Laura Belin, Windsor Heights
Doug Burns: The Iowa Mercury, Carroll
Dave Busiek: Dave Busiek on Media, Des Moines
Iowa Writers’ Collaborative, Roundup
Steph Copley: It Was Never a Dress, Johnston
Art Cullen: Art Cullen’s Notebook, Storm Lake
Suzanna de Baca: Dispatches from the Heartland, Huxley
Debra Engle: A Whole New World, Madison County
Julie Gammack: Julie Gammack’s Iowa Potluck, Des Moines and Okoboji
Joe Geha: Fern and Joe, Ames
Jody Gifford: Benign Inspiration, West Des Moines
Rob Gray: Rob Gray’s Area, Ankeny
Nik Heftman: The Seven Times, Los Angeles and Iowa
Beth Hoffman: In the Dirt, Lovilla
Dana James: New Black Iowa, Des Moines
Pat Kinney: View from Cedar Valley, Waterloo
Fern Kupfer: Fern and Joe, Ames
Robert Leonard: Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture, Bussey
Letters from Iowans, Iowa
Tar Macias: Hola Iowa, Iowa
Alison McGaughey, The Inquisitive Quad Citizen, Quad Cities
Kurt Meyer: Showing Up, St. Ansgar
Wini Moranville: Wini’s Food Stories, Des Moines
Jeff Morrison: Between Two Rivers, Cedar Rapids
Kyle Munson: Kyle Munson’s Main Street, Des Moines
Jane Nguyen: The Asian Iowan, West Des Moines
John Naughton: My Life, in Color, Des Moines
Chuck Offenburger: Iowa Boy Chuck Offenburger, Jefferson and Des Moines
Barry Piatt: Piatt on Politics Behind the Curtain, Washington, D.C.
Dave Price: Dave Price’s Perspective, Des Moines
Macey Spensley: The Midwest Creative, Norwalk
Larry Stone: Listening to the Land, Elkader
Mary Swander: Mary Swander’s Buggy Land, Kalona
Mary Swander: Mary Swander’s Emerging Voices, Kalona
Cheryl Tevis: Unfinished Business, Boone County
Ed Tibbetts: Along the Mississippi, Davenport
Teresa Zilk: Talking Good, Des Moines
The Iowa Writers Collaborative is also proud to ally with Iowa Capital Dispatch.

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Marjorie Nelson
Sep 15

I’m sorry to be so dense, Julie, but is your Potluck column not a part of the Iowa Writer’s Collaborative which I pay $75 to receive? Or, do you have a separate column for the benefit of your scholarships?

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Marjorie Nelson
Sep 15

As a paid subscriber to Chuck Offenburger’s column, does that still make me a paid subscriber to Potluck?

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