The next Chattanooga Writers Guild monthly meeting is just one week away:

When: Tuesday, June 11th, 2002, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Where: UTC Patten House (Faculty Club) (located at Oak and Palmetto on the 
UTC campus)

Who: Dr. Joe DeGross will be the featured speaker; he will read from two 
short stories that vary, stylistically, and discuss the process for writing 
each.

After the reading, there will be time to talk with Dr. DeGross and time to 
mingle with other area writers.  As always, we will serve light refreshments.

More about the author:

Joe is a writer, editor, ethicist, and physician.  He writes essays, creative 
non-fiction, and fiction.  He minored in philosophy and theology as an 
undergraduate, holds a MFA degree from Goddard College and received his 
medical education at NJ Medical School, Cornell, and Columbia.  His essay 
work has appeared in medical journals including The Southern Medical Journal, 
Hospital Medicine, and The Medical Times, and in newspapers in the Northeast 
and in the South.  He is a teacher of both medical humanities and creative 
writing.  His medical teaching ranges from aspects of death and dying, to 
issues surrounding the patient-physician relationship and the philosophy of 
medicine, while his teaching of creative writing includes workshops ranging 
from basic craft to advanced artistry using the work of master-writers as 
teaching tools.  Joe’s short stories have appeared in MFA Pawprints and
Carve 
Magazine, and he continues to actively write short stories and novels. 


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