ISU author goes on the road with rock musicians ISU author goes on the road with rock musicians by Greg Jerrett Daily Staff Writer Life on the road is a restless journey for rock musicians. They have a hunger in their bones for a life that frequently offers little reward. As soon as they play a show in one town, it's time to move on with a few dollars in their pocket, a wicked hangover and, if they're lucky, a good story to tell in the next town.
Most musicians never achieve the limelight.
They while away their days exorcising their demons in roadhouses, clubs and bars in the backwaters of the United States. For Deb Marquart, ISU professor of English, the rewards of the road have become more tangible. The award is sponsored by The Writer's Voice of the West Side YMCA in New York. In 1999, the collection won the Headwaters Award and is slated for publication in the fall of 2000 by New Rivers Press. The book won out of 130 submissions from North and South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan.