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Author: Marek Makowski

Marek Makowski is a writer who teaches about literature and culture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His work has appeared in venues such as The Chicago Tribune, The New Republic, Hyperallergic, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Public Books. You can find more of his work on marekwriting.com.
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01/11/2024

Toilets, Papers, Cardboard Boxes of a Country’s Secrets

How images have come to define Trump’s legacy, and what the indictment photographs teach us about the state of American politics

by Marek Makowski

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07/28/2022

Yu-Gi-Oh! and Us 

Remembering Kazuki Takahashi, father of millennial childhood dreams

by Marek Makowski

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02/28/2022

Asking What’s Real and What’s Not

A conversation with artist Madeleine Gross

by Marek Makowski

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04/15/2021

Who Are the Writers Now?

Teaching the object essay

by Marek Makowski

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12/07/2020

Pancake’s Haunts

Legends and Ghosts in The Collected Breece D’J Pancake

by Marek Makowski

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