DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A biennial writers’ workshop in Ohio named for the late humor writer Erma Bombeck is set for the spring of 2020.
The Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop is held every other year on the campus of the University of Dayton, Bombeck’s alma mater.
Workshop officials say Emmy Award-winner and essayist Cathy Guisewite, creator of the comic strip “Cathy,” will open this year’s workshop set for April 2-4.
Others scheduled to headline the workshop include standup comedian Wendy Liebman and Mike Reiss, an Emmy Award-winning writer for the animated TV series, “The Simpsons.”
The workshop that began in 2000 is co-sponsored by the university’s College of Arts and Sciences.
Bombeck died in 1996 at the age of 69, from complications following a kidney transplant. She lived in Paradise Valley, Arizona, but was a native of Dayton.
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