Alexander Weinstein is an American

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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 ''

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'' as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2016.

Early life and education

Weinstein was born in

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. He graduated from

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, earning a bachelor's in arts. He then went on to

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...

, earning dual masters in English and Creative Writing-Fiction in 2008.

Short stories

* "The Apocalypse Tales", '' Notre Dame Review'' * "The Cartographers", ''

Chattahoochee Review ''The Chattahoochee Review'' is a literary journal published by Georgia State University's Perimeter College. It is widely regarded as one of the leading voices in Southern fiction and was established in 1981. The journal contains fiction, poetr ...

'' * "Children of the New World", ''

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'' * "Excerpts from the World Authorized Dictionary", '' Cream City Review'' * "The Final Days of Father Troll", ''

Western Humanities Review The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, ...

'' * "Heartland", ''Pleiades'' * "The Great Flood", ''Permafrost'' * "Ice Age", ''

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'' * "Impossible Shapes", ''Sou’Wester'' * "Migration", ''

PRISM International ''Prism International'' (styled ''PRISM international'') is a magazine published quarterly in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1959, it is Western Canada's senior literary magazine. The magazine was started with name ''Prism'' ...

'' * "Rocket Night", ''

Southern Indiana Review ''Southern Indiana Review'' is a literary magazine produced at the University of Southern Indiana since 1994. The journal is known for its Mary C. Mohr Awards in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Work that has appeared in the journal has been hon ...

'' * "Shared Love", '' Midwestern Gothic'' Collections * '' Children of the New World: Stories'',

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* ''Universal Love: Stories'', Picador

Non-fiction

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

References

External links

Author's website
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