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Debra Gwartney

Debra Gwartney
Born in Salmon, Idaho, a fifth generation Idahoan, Debra Gwartney is the winner of the 2018 RiverTeeth Nonfiction Prize, judged by Gretel Ehrlich. Her hybrid memoir-history, called I Am a Stranger Here Myself, was published in March of 2019 by the University of New Mexico Press. Debra’s first book was a memoir, Live Through This, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2009, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, and the Oregon Book Award.


Patriarchy and Politics in Idaho After Trump’s Election

Debra Gwartney Pushes Back Against Her Conservative Family
March 19, 2019  By Debra Gwartney
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