{"product_id":"the-horizontal-world-growing-up-wild-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-paperback","title":"The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild In the Middle of Nowhere - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDebra Marquart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebra Marquart grew up on a farm in rural North Dakota--on land her family had worked for generations. From the earliest age she knew she wanted out; surely life had more to offer than this unyielding daily grind, she thought. But she was never able to abandon it completely. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] rich memoir, set in North Dakota, about growing up on and escaping from a family farm for a future that held once unheard-of opportunities as a rock musician, poet, and English teacher.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDebra Marquart\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at Iowa State University. Her work has received numerous awards and commendations, including the John Guyon Nonfiction Award, the Mid-American Review Nonfiction Award, The Headwater's Prize, the Shelby Foote Prize for the Essay from the Faulkner Society, a Pushcart Prize, and a 2008 NEA Creative Writing Prose Fellowship among others. Marquart's memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Horizontal World: Growing up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e, received the \"Elle Lettres\" award from \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice recommendation, and the 2007 PEN USA Creative Nonfiction Award. Marquart is also the author of two poetry collections--\u003ci\u003eEverything's a Verb\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom Sweetness\u003c\/i\u003e--and a collection of interrelated short stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Bone: Rock \u0026amp; Roll Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, which draws on her experiences as a female road musician.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749641650464,"sku":"9781582433639","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cc43590d4fd674cd485c93d6d7890536.webp?v=1779935501","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-horizontal-world-growing-up-wild-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}