Maharishi International University MFA Reading Program Soul Bone Lit Fest Reading with Sidney Wade & Debra Marquart

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]