Marek Makowski

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

  • Amanda Hess with the cover to her book Second Life

    One Story Speaking to Many: Amanda Hess’s Second Life

    May 12, 2025 Marek Makowski
    Amanda Hess / Photo by Loreto Caceres / Wikipedia If you have not yet read the writing of Amanda Hess, you have been depriving yourself of the most insightful commentary on our times. Hess wri…
  • 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 wi…
  • 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…