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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 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 judging panel is...

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...

Iowa Poet Laureate Debra Marquart was interviewed by the Academy of American Poets about her 2021-2022 Poets Laureate Fellowship. Click here to read full interview. Poets.org: Has being a poet laureate changed your relationship to your own writing in any way? DM:...

Sing the Unstoried Landscape: Debra Marquart’s The Night We Landed on the Moon and the Poetics of Place Linda Mahal interviews author and faculty member Debra Marquart for the Stonecoast Low-Residency MFA Program. In this wide-ranging interview, Marquart reflects on...

ISU-based environmental journal, Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment, to launch magical illustrated book about a flying cow for readers of all ages at Ames Public Library on November 7. In March of 2020, the editorial...

Iowa turns 175 on Dec. 28. Gov. Kim Reynolds and other distinguished Iowans reflect on what the statehood anniversary means. Des Moines Register Published 4:46 PM CST Dec. 23, 2021 Updated 10:21 AM CST Dec. 24, 2021 As the state turns 175 on Dec. 28, all Iowans have...

On Sunday, September 12 from 3:00 – 4:00 PM, Debra Marquart and Mark Vinz will join Pulitzer-prize winning writer, Louise Erdrich, for a moderated conversation about how a sense of place inspires their work. The online event, hosted by Humanities North Dakota, is free...

Advance Praise for The Night We Landed on the Moon "Fans of Debra Marquart’s landmark memoir, The Horizontal World, will rejoice over the publication of The Night We Landed on the Moon—shapeshifting essays that travel from the blizzardy Midwest to sweltering Siberia,...

Debra Marquart has been awarded a Poets Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poetry for her work at the Poet Laureate of the state of Iowa.  The 2021 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships are $50,000 awards given to honor poets of literary merit...