Alexander Weinstein is an American short story writer and filmmaker. He is the founder and director of The Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. He is best known for his 2016 collection Children of the New World, which was chosen by The New York Times as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2016.[1]
Alexander Weinstein | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Education | MFA in Creative Writing-Fiction |
| Alma mater | Indiana University |
| Notable works | Children of the New World |
| Website | |
| www | |
Early life and education
editWeinstein was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York. He graduated from Naropa University, earning a bachelor's in arts. He then went on to Indiana University, earning dual masters in English and Creative Writing-Fiction in 2008.
Short stories
edit- "The Apocalypse Tales", Notre Dame Review
- "The Cartographers", Chattahoochee Review
- "Children of the New World", Pleiades
- "Excerpts from the World Authorized Dictionary", Cream City Review
- "The Final Days of Father Troll", Western Humanities Review
- "Heartland", Pleiades
- "The Great Flood", Permafrost
- "Ice Age", Natural Bridge
- "Impossible Shapes", Sou’Wester
- "Migration", PRISM International
- "Rocket Night", Southern Indiana Review
- "Shared Love", Midwestern Gothic
Collections
- Children of the New World: Stories, Picador
- Universal Love: Stories, Picador
Non-fiction
edit- "Towards a Moral Fiction", Pleiades
- "Reincarnations of Space-Men", Lalitamba
References
edit- ^ Muradov, Roman (2016-11-23). "100 Notable Books of 2016". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
The terror that technology may rob us of authentic experience — that it may annihilate our very sense of self — is central to this debut collection of short stories
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