In Makuck’s fourth collection of short stories he once again explores the fertile territory of small, rural American towns. With tenderness and clarity, he excavates the mundane surface of everyday li
In Makuck’s fourth collection of short stories he once again explores the fertile territory of small, rural American towns. With tenderness and clarity, he excavates the mundane surface of everyday li
Allegiance and Betrayal" is comprised of a dozen short stories, all dealing with family in one way or another. The stories are set in New England and the South, including specific locations such as Co
In Peter Makuck's Against Distance nature is both a reprieve and a danger. Here, various landscapes - oceans, inlets, rivers, foothills, deserts - pressure and test human relationships. The book's tit
"He knows what things look like and how they act, and he understands that the motion of the language is the point, not merely the way to the point."--The Sewanee Review
?Peter Makuck sees through the detritus of daily life to what matters. . . . It’s that essence that lives deep in things, looked for in people, sea- and landscapes, and creatures, that lifts the quoti
