Member Since:
Oct. 28, 2015
Mark Morganstern
Biography
Mark Morganstern left a budding music career behind when he realized he didn't want to play weddings in a cover band. He parlayed a long-term literary interest into an MA in Creative Writing from the City University of New York, subsequently adjuncting in a college, subbing in a high school, and booking music acts in his family cafe. When off duty, he writes, submits, files rejections, and even gets published. He believes in fiction.
Books
Dancing with Dasein and Other Stories
by Mark Morganstern
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 92,750.
Language:
English.
Published: October 28, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Literature » Literary
In this collection of fourteen stories—mostly set among working folks in the Hudson River Valley of New York—music, food, philosophy, and magic weave through tales that are by turns gritty, aching, and comical. Characters grapple with unfulfilled dreams in a dizzying culture. All are drawn with empathy and wry humor as they wrestle and waltz with the challenge of being human—Dancing with Dasein.