Marek Makowski

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Marek Makowski’s writing has appeared in venues such as The New Republic, Public Books, Hyperallergic, The Point, and The Millions. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he taught courses on writing and Shakespeare. He lives in Chicago.

  • A photograph showing two men, wearing facial masks, sitting on adjacent park benches outside

    Everywhere Bergamo

    August 30, 2022 Marek Makowski
    Photo by Dollar Gill on Unsplash In the summer of 2020, a man who has lost much dreads reopening, when everyone will be with everyone again, but he will be alone. The sign on the window read…
  • A black and white photograph of Adam Zagajewski. A row columns stretches out behind him

    A Farewell to Adam Zagajewski

    April 14, 2021 Marek Makowski
    Photo by Jerry Bauer I was waiting for a tennis court on the lakeshore in Chicago when I read that Adam Zagajewski died. I have always considered tennis like writing: you practice to get into a rhyth…