• Author Event | Reading & Music | Ames Public Library

    Ames Public Library 515 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

    Join author Debra Marquart for an afternoon of music and readings from her new essay collection, The Night We Landed on the Moon: Essays Between Exile & Belonging. Books will be […]

  • Book Signing | Dog-Eared Books

    Dog Eared Books 203 Main Street, Ames, IA, United States

    Join us at Dog Eared Books for a Book Signing and Reception to celebrate the publication of The Night We Landed on the Moon.

  • Iowa Poetry Association | Fall Poet & Critic Workshop

    Iowa Poetry Association

    IPA's Fall Workshop will be held online on Saturday, October 23. Beginning at 9:30 a.m., the workshop schedule is divided into morning and afternoon sessions with a break for lunch. The deadline for submitting poems will be September 24. Critics will prepare written critiques, which will be returned to the authors (either online or via USPS) in […]

  • Iowa Book Festival | Poetry Reading & Discussion | Shreya Khullar & Debra Marquart

    Iowa City Public Library 123 S Linn St, Iowa City, IA, United States

    Join Debra Marquart, current Poet Laureate of the state of Iowa, and Shreya Khullar, Iowa's first Student Poetry Ambassador at the Iowa Book Festival for a discussion and poetry reading. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2mLI4FPmM4

  • NDSU Press Party | Book Publication Celebration

    Online Reading

    You are invited to the annual celebration of our authors and books published in the last twelve months. Our event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.Register to attend by March 2, 5:00 p.m. AND be in Zoom attendance in order to be eligible to win books, mugs, and bags. FEATURED AUTHORS Bonnie Larson […]

  • Stone House Readers’ Series | Reading with Josh Davis, Stonecoast MFA Alum & Faculty Reading

    Stone House Readers' Series

    STONE HOUSE READERS' SERIES | STONECOAST MFA PROGRAM FACULTY & ALUMS READING FROM THEIR WORK Event:  Stonecoast faculty member Debra Marquart will be reading with the poet and Stonecoast alum, Josh Davis, who will be reading from Reversal Spells in Blue and Black, his chapbook due out July 1 from Seven Kitchens Press. Date:  Sunday, […]

  • Southern Colorado University, Pueblo | Nonfiction Reading

    Colorado State University, Pueblo

    Iowa State University English Professor, Debra Marquart, will read from her nonfiction books--The Horizontal World and The Night We Landed on the Moon--and discuss the process of researching and writing nonfiction. Marquart will also share samples from her in-progress memoir, "How Fish Learned to Sing," which is a book about music, singing, performance, and the […]

  • Publishing Matters: Going from “Idea” to “Book” | Humanities North Dakota

    Humanities North Dakota Bismarck, ND, United States

    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 you that your work is good.  So, what now?  As makers of art, we must constantly keep our focus on craft and process, on improving […]