Faculty
Jon Lurie
Visitng Instructor
Old Main 280, (651) 696-6388
Email: jlurie-at-macalester.edu
M.F.A. University of Minnesota
B.A. Metropolitan State University
Jon Lurie is a Minneapolis native who received his MFA from the University of Minnesota in 2006. His memoir, Canoeing with Jose, is forthcoming from Milkweed Editions. Before joining the Macalester faculty, Lurie taught creative writing for three years at the University of Minnesota. Previously, he spent two decades as a print and radio journalist in Native American communities from Texas to Alaska. He also served as editor of The Anchorage Press and Rake Magazine. He has received two Gold Awards for his long form journalism by the Minnesota Newspapers Association and the Minnesota Magazine and Publishers Association, and his children’s books have been recognized by the American Librarians Association.
Areas of Study
- Creative nonfiction
- Literary journalism
- Investigative journalism
- Fiction writing
- Native American literature
- Native American languages and skills preservation
- Experiential education
Fall 2009 Courses
Recent Notable Publications
- Dakota Rising, Finding Solutions to Minnesota’s Tragic Dakota History (Metropolitan Magazine, 2009)
- Bloodlines, Inside East St. Paul’s Native American Street Gangs (Metropolitan Magazine, 2008)
- The Voyage of the Health Ledger, 1000 miles by canoe from Minnesota to Hudson Bay (Rake Magazine, 2007)
- Country Girl, a Somali Woman’s Odyssey (Rake Magazine, 2006)
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