Events

Publishing Matters: Going from “Idea” to “Book” You’ve written a poem, a story, an article, a memoir, a novel.  Your family seems to like it.  Your teachers and mentors tell […]

Treasure Trove |  Word Collecting  |  Local Lore  |  Storytelling | Join Iowa Poet Laureate Debra Marquart for an afternoon of treasure trove hunting and storytelling. Plymouth County Historical Museum […]

IOWA’S POET LAUREATE DEBRA MARQUART WILL PRESENT A CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP FOR AREA STUDENTS Students and Teachers in Plymouth County Schools are invited to work in person with Iowa’s Poet […]

Join Iowa Poet Laureate at the Burt Public Library for Writing a Life: a Reading, Music Performance, and Book Discussion. Date: Monday, April 11th Time: 12 - 1 PM Place: […]

Join Iowa Poet Laureate Debra Marquart for an evening of live music and poetry, followed by an open mic at Maquoketa Brewing. Event sponsored by Maquoketa Public Library.

Join Jackson County Conservation Naturalist, Tony Vorwald and Iowa Poet Laureate, Debra Marquart on a spring ephemerals walk through Prairie Creek Recreation Area. Spring wildflowers walk will be followed by […]

Join Iowa Poet Laureate Debra Marquart for an evening of poetry and live music.

Join IPA LIVE for an Ecopoetry Workshop with Iowa Poet Laureate Deb Marquart. How does ecopoetry differ from poetry about nature? While the natural world often creeps into our writing, how can we elevate […]

Debra Marquart (The Night We Landed on the Moon: Essays Between Exile & Belonging) and Andrea Carter Brown (September 12) will read from their most recent books at Beaverdale Books, […]

Join Mike Pace and Debra Marquart at the Kunzler Gallery for an evening of music, poetry, and conversation about art and writing.

Join us at the Lied Public Library on Saturday May 21st at 10am for a poetry workshop for all ages with Iowa's Poet Laureate Debra Marquart. Debra Marquart is a Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University and Iowa’s Poet Laureate.  Debra will share some poems and explore different poetry styles. […]

Sounding Our Place: An Experiential Poetry Event Join us at the Lied Publc Library for a special outdoor community concert Saturday May 21st at 2PM with singer song writer and poet Laureate Debra Marquart. Please bring lawn chairs. Concert is free and will be held inside the library in the event of rain. Debra Marquart's […]