{"product_id":"the-horizontal-world-isbn-9781582433639","title":"The Horizontal World","description":"Debra 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\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.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301793550565,"sku":"NP9781582433639","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781582433639.jpg?v=1767739825","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-horizontal-world-isbn-9781582433639","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}