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

“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

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

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)

“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...
Independent Book Publishers Association Awards Silver Medal to Debra Marquart’s Memoir, The Night We Landed on the Moon

Independent Book Publishers Association Awards Silver Medal to Debra Marquart’s Memoir, The Night We Landed on the Moon

by marquart@iastate.edu | May 19, 2022 | Uncategorized

Silver medal honors in the memoir category go to Debra Marquart’s most recent book, The Night We Landed on the Moon: Essays Between Exile & Belonging. The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award program, which include fifty-six categories recognizing excellence in book...
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  • “How Fish Learned to Sing” | Narrative Magazine (2025)
  • “all the rage this winter” | terrain.org (2025)
  • Two Poems | Grist Journal (2023)
  • “Intervention” | Ekphrastic Poetry Commission (2025)
  • “Where Once” | Ekphrastic Poetry Commission (2025)

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