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Well, it’s been a little while, but I have another pieced that was recently released for publication. “Turn into the Skid” is the story of me failing to heed that sage piece of wisdom documented in the title. In my defense, when you’re veering out of control it’s counter-intuitive to turn into the skid, but que sera, right? This story also happens to be about what it means to be defined by the things that you own, and the fleetingness of objects. If you know me from Santa Cruz, and remember when I got into this accident, then this story might be particularly interesting to you.
While the piece is not available online, you can order Volume 2 of Constellations, titled Upheaval, from Createspace for the totally reasonable price of $10. Just click this link to be redirected to the order page.
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About Constellations’ editor:
Nina Rubinstein Alonso, editor of Constellations, has published in Ploughshares, The New Yorker, Sumac, Avatar, Women-Poems, U. Mass. Review, and New Boston Review, among other places, and her first book This Body was printed by Godine Press.
She taught English literature at Brandeis University and U. Mass., Boston, while continuing training in ballet and exploring modern dance. (Crazy enough, and in my opinion her greatest achievement, is that she might – totally incidentally – be related to me. The Petaluma Jewish community was somewhat incestual not too many generations back.)
Saturated with academia, she taught at Boston Ballet for eleven years, and performed in their Nutcracker, until sidelined by injuries. She makes her living teaching at Fresh Pond Ballet in Cambridge, MA. She says, “Now is the time for fresh voices in poetry and fiction. I’m looking for a new constellation.”
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