Peter Makuck

Who is Peter Makuck?

Peter Makuck is an American poet, short story writer, and critic. He is Distinguished Professor emeritus Professor of English at East Carolina University, where he was also the first Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences; he has also served as Visiting Writer in Residence at Brigham Young University, Visiting Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University, and Visiting Distinguished Writer-in-Residence University of North Carolina-Wilmington. In 1993 Makuck received the Charity Randall Citation from the International Poetry Forum. In 2010 his Long Lens: New & Selected Poems, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Poems, stories, and reviews by Makuck have been published in many leading journals including Poetry, The Southern Review, The Hudson Review, Ploughshares, and others, and his work has been featured on the Poetry Daily website and on Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac. Makuck was the founding editor of the journal Tar River Poetry. He lives with his wife, Phyllis, on Bogue Banks, one of North Carolina's barrier islands.