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Alexander Weinstein (author)

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Alexander Weinstein
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
EducationMFA in Creative Writing-Fiction
Alma materIndiana University
Notable worksChildren of the New World
Website
www.alexanderweinstein.com

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]

Early life and education

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Weinstein 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

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Collections

Non-fiction

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  • "Towards a Moral Fiction", Pleiades
  • "Reincarnations of Space-Men", Lalitamba

References

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  1. ^ 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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