Luke Mogelson Explained

Luke Mogelson
Occupation:	Journalist
Nationality:	American
Genre:	War reporting
Alma Mater:	Bennington College
Awards:	George Polk Award National Magazine Award Livingston Award

Luke Mogelson is an American journalist. He has contributed to The New Yorker and New York Times Magazine, covering the wars in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq, as well as Minneapolis after the murder of George Floyd and the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

Biography

Mogelson was born in St. Louis. He graduated from Bennington College in 2005.^[1] He was a contributing writer for the New York Times magazine, reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan,^[2] from 2011 to 2014. He then moved to The New Yorker in 2013, where he has reported from Ukraine^[3] and Syria,^[4] and on domestic affairs in the United States.^[5]

Achievements and honors

Mogelson won a Livingston Award in 2013, a National Magazine Award in 2014, and his work has been supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.^[6] In 2021, he received a George Polk Award for his coverage of protests and racial politics in the United States.^[7]

Works

Mogelson is the author of The Storm is Here: An American Crucible^[8] and These Heroic, Happy Dead, a book of short stories.^{[9] [10]}

The Storm is HereMogelson's first book, The Storm is Here: An American Crucible, was published September 13, 2022, by Penguin Random House. The book describes the social discord in the United States through a series of eye-witness accounts following the distress created by COVID-19, economic uncertainty, and the clash of political and race relations within the US post-2016.^[11]

Bibliography

• Book: Mogelson, Luke . These heroic, happy dead : stories . New York . Tim Duggan Books . 2016 . 9781101906811-->.
• Mogelson, Luke . 1 . January 25, 2021 . . A Reporter at Large . The New Yorker . 96 . 45 . 32–53 . 2023-08-22-->. ^[12]
• Book: Mogelson, Luke . 1 . The storm is here : an American crucible . New York . Penguin Press . 2022 . 9780593489215-->.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Luke Mogelson Bennington College . July 31, 2022 . www.bennington.edu.
2. Luke Mogelson . 2023-02-21 . The New Yorker . en-US.
3. Web site: Mogelson . Luke . May 22, 2023 . Two Weeks at the Front in Ukraine . May 24, 2023 . The New Yorker.
4. Web site: Mogelson . Luke . April 22, 2020 . America's Abandonment of Syria . May 24, 2023 . The New Yorker.
5. Mogelson . Luke . Contributor Page . The New Yorker . August 17, 2021.
6. Web site: Luke Mogelson '05 . Bennington.edu . Bennington College . August 17, 2021.
7. Web site: Polk Award Winners . August 17, 2021 . Polk Awards . Long Island University.
8. News: Borger . Julian . 2022-09-07 . The Storm Is Here by Luke Mogelson review – America on the brink . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-03-01 . 0261-3077.
9. Web site: These Heroic, Happy Dead . MacMillan . MacMillan . August 17, 2021.
10. News: Hochschild . Arlie Russell . 2022-09-13 . A New Book Tracks the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism in the U.S. . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-01-14 . 0362-4331.
11. Web site: 2022-09-07 . Luke Mogelson's "The Storm Is Here" Explores the Components That Led to January 6's Capitol Attack . 2023-03-01 . Oprah Daily . en-us.
12. Online version is titled "Among the insurrectionists".