Alexander Weinstein

Alexander Weinstein is an American short story writer. He is an associate professor of English at Siena Heights University. He is also director of The Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. He is best known for his 2016 work Children of the New World. The Children of the New World was chosen by the New York Times as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2016.

Biography

Weinstein graduated from Naropa University earning a Bachelors in Arts. He then went on to Indiana University earning dual masters in English and Creative Writing-Fiction in 2008. Weinstein was born in Brooklyn, New York.

Short Stories

• “The Apocalypse Tales,” Notre Dame Review
• “The Cartographers,” Chattahoochee Review
• “Children of the New World,” Pleiades (journal)
• “Excerpts from the World Authorized Dictionary,” Cream City Review
• “The Final Days of Father Troll,” Western Humanities Review
• “Heartland,” Pleiades (journal)
• “The Great Flood,” Permafrost
• “Ice Age,” Natural Bridge (magazine)
• "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

• “Towards a Moral Fiction,” Pleiades (journal)
• “Reincarnations of Space-Men,” Lalitamba