Alexander Weinstein is a celebrated speculative fiction writer (Children of the New World; Universal Love). Informed by his origins as a realist writer and a longtime preoccupation with the role of technology in society, Weinstein imagines how the most essential elements of our lives (love, friendship, meaning, and so much more) may become distorted, mediated, or intensified in futures that are all-too-imaginable. Tune in to hear a writer’s vision of a world not so far away, and what he thinks is most worth holding onto as we navigate ever-accelerating change.
Alexander Weinstein is the author of the short story collections Universal Love and Children of the New World, which was chosen as a New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year" and a best book of the year by NPR, Google, and Electric Literature. His fiction and interviews have appeared in Rolling Stone, World Literature Today, 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 an Associate Professor of creative writing at Siena Heights University.
