“Healing the Wild” | The Iowan (2022)

by marquart@iastate.edu | Apr 28, 2024 | Recent Publications

To spend a blustery spring afternoon walking the acres of WildWay with Marlene Ehresman, the longtime Executive Director of the Iowa Wildlife Center, is to enter into the dream of the place. Marquart, Debra.  “Healing the Wild.” The Iowan.  November/December 2022: 17...

“Leave it in the Ground” | Manchester Poetry Prize (2023)

by marquart@iastate.edu | Apr 28, 2024 | Recent Publications

In the dojo, Master Yun taught us that to break the board you must level your fist, your foot, your knifed palm not at the board itself but beyond the board, through the board, trained on the torso of the one who grasps the board. Only then the broken board becomes a...

Charity Nebbe interviews Debra Marquart on Iowa Public Radio

by marquart@iastate.edu | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized

On this November 14, 2023 episode of Talk of Iowa, Debra Marquart joins host Charity Nebbe to discuss her new collection Gratitude with Dogs Under Stars. Click to Listen to Podcast

Debra Marquart’s poem shortlisted for Manchester Poetry Prize

by marquart@iastate.edu | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized

     Debra Marquart’s long poem, “Leave it in the Ground,” selected from international pool for shortlist honors.  Winners in both categories (poetry and fiction) will be announced at a gala in Manchester UK on December 8th.      The Poetry Prize...

“In Defense of the Least Weasel” | Voices from the Prairie (2022)

by marquart@iastate.edu | Jun 16, 2022 | Recent Publications

world’s tiniest carnivore eight inches long, two ounces. you might think it’s cute   but razor teeth, scimitar claws. the least weasel steals the burrows of rats and moles “In Defense of the Least Weasel: Poem & Scientific Note.” Voices from the Prairie: A...