Raised in small towns in the west, Maxim Loskutoff is the author of Come West and See, an NPR and Amazon Best Book of 2018, and a New York Times Editor’s Pick. His stories and essays have appeared in numerous periodicals, including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Ploughshares, and Playboy. He lives in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana.
While at MacDowell, he worked on his debut novel, Ruthie Fear, which came out in September 2020 on W.W. Norton.
Portrait by Vanessa Compton
Studios
Banks
Maxim Loskutoff worked in the Banks studio.
Banks, an ell on the north end of the Lodge dormitory, was first used as an artist’s studio in 1970. Since then, it has
played host to an extraordinary list of writers working in several disciplines. In all seasons,
Fellows have enjoyed the pastoral view through the French doors facing a field…
