“…the edge of the sea,
“Mary Makofske’s big-heartedness is matched only by the capaciousness of her imagination – and surely the two are twinned – her ability to imagine her way into the experiences and perceptions of so many and such different others – a suicide bomber, an enslaved woman, a night guard at a concentration camp among them – as vividly as she renders her own daily and deeply personal experiences. If there are no angels, there are at least poets like Makofske, who bear witness, empathize, illumine, show us how it is to be alive and fully human in times like ours.”
~~Cecilia Woloch, author of Tsigan: The Gypsy Poem and Carpathia
Events and
Announcements
- Reading Saturday, April 18, 7 p.m, Firefly House, 7 Chardavogne Rd., Warwick NY 10090. Other readers Donna Spector and Lynn Youland.
- Reading Tuesday, April 21, 6:30 p.m., Sussex County NJ Main Library, 125 Morris Turnpike, Newton, NJ 07860.
- Reading with the DAMD poets, Wednesday, April 29, 3 p.m, West Milford NJ Library, 1470 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480.
Asheville Poetry Review awards Mary the 2024 William Matthews Poetry Prize.
Slant awards Mary the Hudson-Fowler Prize for a submission of five poems.
Video of reading at Hudson Valley Writers Center, Sleepy Hollow NY.
Kenneth Salzmann interviews Mary about “Euthanasia: A Geography” on “How to Grow a Poem.”
Mary reads on Charlie Rossiter’s “Poetry Spoken Here” podcast.
