After a career in academia, teaching Native American Literature and the Literature of Comedy, followed by marketing and journalism on the editorial board of the Minneapolis Star Tribune – where he won several awards – Lenfestey has published fourteen volumes of poems, essays, anthologies, and a memoir. His play, Coyote Discovers America, opened the 25th season of the Minneapolis Children’s Theater Company. In 2020 he received the Kay Sexton Award for significant contributions & leadership in the Minnesota Literary Community.
