December 2021’s Dante’s Old South
Alina Stefanescu
Alina Stefanescu was born in Romania and lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her partner and several intense mammals. Recent books include a creative nonfiction chapbook, Ribald (Bull City Press Inch Series, Nov. 2020) and Dor, which won the Wandering Aengus Press Prize (September 2021).
Her debut fiction collection, Every Mask I Tried On, won the Brighthorse Books Prize (April 2018). Alina's poems, essays, and fiction can be found in Prairie Schooner, North American Review, World Literature Today, Pleiades, Poetry, BOMB, Crab Creek Review, and others. She serves as poetry editor for several journals, reviewer and critic for others, and Co-Director of PEN America's Birmingham Chapter. She is currently working on a novel-like creature. More online at www.alinastefanescuwriter.com.
To find out more about her online classes:
https://adirondackcenterforwriting.org/what-we-do/events-programs/classes/
And here's more about the book, DOR, including link to how to order a signed copy
https://www.alinastefanescuwriter.com/dor
Here’s a song I've been listening to lately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcdQDKNrKE
Stephen de Haan
Stephen de Haan is a force of nature in the business world. Currently, he is the founder and CEO of the Red Phone Booth. He is nationally recognized as a leader in cooperative innovation and his speakeasy establishments garner deep respect and high praise.
The Red Phone Booth: www.redphonebooth.com
Music:
"Solo" by Mobley
https://open.spotify.com/track/5VuVEdKd8i2fKxdicLjOZn?si=15156920c8a24021
"Hotel Rosario" by Angel Snow
https://open.spotify.com/track/5v6jRAvJYC49oRsVcSqIcd?si=26b49b2564824c7e
"Is It Me" by St. Paul and the Broken Bones
https://open.spotify.com/track/26icLILupXJtsQq5EtZdwn?si=6ccfaa478f5f4fb7
"Chaconne" from Bach if there's any time left over.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5tcGPsLNiaaDXCoSn764m9?si=84d49cc85b7c4401
Special Thanks Goes to:
Autism Speaks: www.autismspeaks.org
Mostly Mutts: www.mostlymutts.org
Meadowbrook Inn: www.meadowbrook-inn.com
The Red Phone Booth: www.redphonebooth.com
Office Evolution of Roswell, Georgia - www.officeevolution.com/locations/roswell
My books, The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics and Athena Departs are available everywhere books are sold. My chapbook, Exiles of Eden, is only available through my website. To find them all, please visit: www.cliffbrooks.com