Michael David Lukas

Michael David Lukas reading at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
Michael David Lukas reading at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco

Michael David Lukas (born March 30, 1979) is an American author best known for his novel The Oracle of Stamboul, published by Harper Collins[1] and translated into over a dozen languages.[2] His writing has been published in The New York Times,[3] Wall Street Journal,[4] and the San Francisco Chronicle.[5] He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey [2] and a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Tunisia.[6] He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,[7] Santa Maddalena Foundation,[8] and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.[9] Lukas has taught creative writing at 826 Valencia,[10] The Writers' Studio at Stanford University,[11] and the University of the Pacific.[12]

Personal Life and Education

Lukas was born in 1979 in Berkeley, California, where he grew up with his four younger siblings. Moving East to attend Brown University,[13] Lukas studied comparative literature and then received an MFA from the creative writing program at the University of Maryland. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife Haley and daughter Mona.[2]

Bibliography

Works
Title Year First Published
When the News and the Novel Collide[3] 2013 The New York Times
A Multiplicity of Voices[14] 2013 The Millions
Fear and Loving in Cairo[4] 2012 The Wall Street Journal
Cutting It Close Makes the Trip Worthwhile[15] 2012 The Wall Street Journal
How Should A person Be[5] 2012 SFGate
The Queen Of America[16] 2011 SFGate
The Arrogant Years[17] 2011 SFGate
Sympathy For The Paraoh[18] 2011 Slate
Lessons From Third Grade[19] 2011 Publishers Weekly
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore[20] 2011 San Francisco Chronicle
Workshopping War Literature[21] 2010 Virginia Quarterly Review
Friendly Fire[22] 2009 Virginia Quarterly Review
Golems, Novelists, and Other Superheroes[23] 2009 Tikkun
How to Win a Cosmic War[24] 2009 Virginia Quarterly Review
Destiny Disrupted[25] 2009 San Francisco Chronicle
A Skeptic’s Guide to Passover[26] 2009 Slate
Passover Miracles Meet Scientific Explanations[27] 2009 All Things Considered
We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land[28] 2009 San Francisco Chronicle
Mitzvah Mobile[29] 2008 Slate
Al’ America[30] 2008 San Francisco Chronicle
Question and Answer Men[13] 2003 Brown Alumni Magazine
From A to X[31] 2008 San Francisco Chronicle
Finding Nouf[32] 2008 San Francisco Chronicle
Mirror of the Arab World[33] 2008 San Francisco Chronicle
The Uncertain Hour[34] 2007 San Francisco Chronicle
Forget The Quran[35] 2006 Slate
Culinary Orientalism[36] 2007 The New York Times Magazine
Tortilla Dreams[37] 2006 Diablo Magazine
Israel Vibration[38] 2005 Washington City Paper
Tourist Class[39] 2005 Washington City Paper
The Commercial Campus[40] 2003 Providence Phoenix
My Summer Job[41] 2003 Brown Alumni Magazine
My Daddy's War Story[42] In Posse Review
For True Bookies, a Wealth of Riches[43] 2002 The Boston Globe
A Writer’s Life[44] 2002 Brown Alumni Magazine

References

  1. ↑ Neal Stephenson. "Michael David Lukas". Harpercollins.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  2. 1 2 3 "Michael David Lukas - The Oracle of Stamboul". Book Passage. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  3. 1 2 http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/when-the-news-and-the-novel-collide/?_r=0
  4. 1 2 David, Michael (2012-12-21). "Fearlessness and Loving in Cairo | Traveler's Tale". WSJ. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  5. 1 2 Michael David Lukas (2012-06-27). "'How Should a Person Be?' by Sheila Heti". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  6. ↑ "Interview with Michael David Lukas - STEPHANiE ELiZONDO GRiEST STEPHANiE ELiZONDO GRiEST". Stephanieelizondogriest.com. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  7. ↑ "Michael David Lukas | NEA". Arts.gov. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  8. ↑ adminsm (2014-04-16). "Michael David Lukas – Santa Maddalena Foundation". Santamaddalena.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  9. ↑ "Conference Staff | Middlebury". Middlebury.edu. 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  10. ↑ "The Hero's Journey". 826 Valencia. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  11. ↑ "Prior Course Details". Continuingstudies.stanford.edu. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  12. ↑ "English Department Visiting Professor: Michael David Lukas | The Pacifican". Thepacificanonline.com. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  13. 1 2 "Question & Answer Men". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  14. ↑ "A Multiplicity of Voices: On the Polyphonic Novel". The Millions. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  15. ↑ "Cutting It Close Makes the Trip Worthwhile | 18|8 FINE MEN'S SALONS". Eighteeneight.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  16. ↑ Michael David Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2011-12-04). "'Queen of America,' by Luis Alberto Urrea". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  17. ↑ Michael David Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2011-09-04). "'The Arrogant Years,' by Lucette Lagnado". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  18. ↑ David, Michael (2011-04-18). "Pharaoh's "hardened heart": Passover and the nature of biblical justice". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  19. ↑ David, Michael (2011-02-14). "Lessons From Third Grade: The Cure For Writer's Block". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  20. ↑ Michael David Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2011-02-02). "'The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore' review". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  21. ↑ Jackson, Greg (2010-04-01). "Workshopping the Next Generation of American War Literature". VQR Online. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  22. ↑ Jackson, Greg (2009-09-11). "Dispatches from the Mother of the World". VQR Online. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  23. ↑ "Golems, Novelists, and other Superheroes | Tikkun Magazine". Tikkun.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  24. ↑ Jackson, Greg (2009-05-05). "Engaging Islam in the Age of Obama". VQR Online. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  25. ↑ "'Destiny Disrupted,' by Tamim Ansary". SFGate. 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  26. ↑ David, Michael (2009-04-08). "Scientific explanations for the parting of the Red Sea, the 10 plagues, and the burning bush". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  27. ↑ All Things Considered (2009-04-11). "Passover Miracles Meet Scientific Explanations". NPR. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  28. ↑ Michael Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2009-02-08). "'We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land'". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  29. ↑ David, Michael (2008-12-19). "Celebrating Hanukkah with menorah parades". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  30. ↑ Michael Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2008-11-08). "Nonfiction review: Curiel's 'Al' America'". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  31. ↑ Michael Lukas (2008-09-28). "John Berger's 'From A to X'". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  32. ↑ Michael Lukas (2008-06-15). "Detectives in the desert". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  33. ↑ Michael Lukas (2008-03-22). "Review: Studying Lebanon to unlock Middle East". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  34. ↑ Michael Lukas (2007-06-17). "Eloquent rendering of Petronius' honor suicide". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  35. ↑ David, Michael (2006-12-06). "Claudia Roden's new cookbook, Arabesque, an excellent primer on the Middle East". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  36. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09_13_culinary.html?fta=y&_r=0
  37. ↑ "Tortilla Dreams - Diablo Magazine - August 2006 - East Bay - California". Diablomag.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  38. ↑ Lukas, Michael (2005-08-05). "Israel Vibration". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  39. ↑ Lukas, Michael (2005-03-04). "Tourist Class". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  40. ↑ Michael Lukas. "Features | The commercial campus". Providencephoenix.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  41. ↑ http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/content/view/1157/40/
  42. ↑ "Poetry And Prose From In Posse Review". Webdelsol.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  43. ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7746142.html
  44. ↑ "A Writer's Life". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-20.

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