Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1993 The horizontal life: poems, stories, essays Debra K. Marquart Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the English Language and Literature Commons, and the Poetry Commons Recommended Citation Marquart, Debra K., "The horizontal life: poems, stories, essays" (1993). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 284. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/284 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. t I l THE HORIZONTAL LIFE: POEMS, STORIES, ESSAYS by Debra K. Marquart A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS Department: Eng I ish Major: English (Creative Writing) Approved: Members of the Committee: In Charge of Major Work For tha Major Department For tile Graduate College Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1993 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Acknowledgment is made to the following publications for poems, stories or essays that originally appeared in them: Clearing Soace: Anthology of North Dakota Writers: "Finding the Words," "Getting Wings," "Somewhere in a House Where You are Not" Cumberland Poetry Review: "Motorcade" Half Tones to Jubilee: "Grandfather's Hands" New Letters: "Through the Beaded Curtain" North Dakota Quarterly: "The Moon" River City: "Naming the Beast" Roberts Writing Award Anthology: "The Horizontal Life" Special thanks to the Pearl Hogrefe Fellowship Foundation for its support.