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Debra Marquart

Debra Marquart is a distinguished professor of liberal arts in the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment at Iowa State University, as well as the Stonecoast Low-Residency MFA Program at University of Southern Maine. Marquart is Iowa’s Poet Laureate and Senior Editor of Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment. Having authored seven books, she has been featured on NPR and BBC and has received over 50 grants and awards, including a Poets Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets.

Featured title: Gratitude with Dogs Under Stars: New & Collected Poems

Website: https://debramarquart.com

DEBRA’S EVENTS:

  • Friday, Sept. 22 @ 12:45 p.m. – WORKSHOP: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: A Generative Workshop – TICKET REQUIRED – Deadwood Public Library, Downstairs
  • Friday, Sept. 22 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Lodge, Bullock & Roosevelt Rooms
  • Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 2:00 p.m. – Readings by the Poets Laureate of Iowa and Nebraska – The Lodge, Cody Room
  • Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Lodge, Bullock & Roosevelt Rooms

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