When I first read the essay Kate Vieira sent us, “All-American” [May 2023], I fell in love with how she invites readers into a subculture that I pre.
Mississippi’s Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce will host the Mississippi Young Writers Poetry Festival, a culmination of her statewide K-12 poetry-writing initiative and competition My Town Mississippi Poetry Project, at Mississippi State next week.
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Alexander Weinstein: On Writing a Thematic Short Story Collection
Author Alexander Weinstein discusses how he came to select the theme of his new short story collection, Universal Love, and what it was like to see those themes reflected in the real world.
Author:
Universal Love and
Children of the New World, which was chosen as a
New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and a best book of the year by
NPR,
Rolling Stone,
Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, and
Best American Experimental Writing. He is a recipient of a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award and has been awarded the Lamar York, Gail Crump, Hamlin Garland, and New Millennium Prizes. He is the Director of The Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and a Professor of Creative Writing at Siena Heights University.
Alexander Weinstein is the author of
Children of the New World, which was named a notable book of the year by the
New York Times, NPR, and Electric Literature. He is a recipient of a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, and his stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and appear in Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy and Best American Experimental Writing. He is the director of The Martha s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and a professor of creative writing at Siena Heights University.