Peter Makuck

Peter Makuck (October 26, 1940 – June 21, 2023) was an American poet, short story writer, and critic. He was a distinguished professor emeritus of English at East Carolina University, where he was also the first distinguished professor of arts and sciences; he 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 at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. In 1993, Makuck received the Charity Randall Citation from the International Poetry Forum. 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 [http://www.poetrydaily.org/ Poetry Daily] website and on Garrison Keillor's [http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/ Writer's Almanac]. Makuck was the founding editor of the journal ''Tar River Poetry''. He lived with his wife, Phyllis, on Bogue Banks, one of North Carolina's barrier islands. He died in 2023 after a long illness. Provided by Wikipedia