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Alexan­der Weinstein

Alexan­der Wein­stein is the direc­tor of the Martha’s Vine­yard Insti­tute of Cre­ative Writ­ing. He is the recip­i­ent of a Sus­tain­able Arts Foun­da­tion Award, and his sto­ries have received the Lamar York, Gail Crump, and New Mil­len­ni­um Prizes, have been nom­i­nat­ed for Push­cart Prizes, and appear in the anthol­o­gy New Sto­ries from the Mid­west. He is an asso­ciate pro­fes­sor of cre­ative writ­ing at Siena Heights Uni­ver­si­ty and leads fic­tion work­shops in the Unit­ed States and Europe.

Encoun­ters with Rab­bi Zal­man: The Humor of Enlightenment

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Encoun­ters with Rab­bi Zal­man: Rit­u­als for Peo­ple Healers

Ear­li­er this week, Alexan­der Wein­stein shared how the cos­mic humor of his sci­ence fic­tion sto­ries was dis­cov­ered by Rab­bi Zal­man Schachter-Shalo­mi. With the release…
Alexan­der Weinstein
September 14, 2016
Essay

Encoun­ters with Rab­bi Zal­man: The Humor of Enlightenment

Alexan­der Wein­stein is the author of Chil­dren of the New World, a provoca­tive col­lec­tion of sci­ence fic­tion sto­ries of the near-future. With the release of the book…
Alexan­der Weinstein
September 12, 2016
Fic­tion
Chil­dren of the New World
Alexan­der Weinstein

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