Alina Stefanescu's Blog
May 29, 2018
A new short story
""I Enjoy Reading Nineteenth Century Novels" is available for your reading pleasure online. Deeply grateful to the editors of The Write Launch for publishing this strange creature.
February 6, 2017
A poem about refugees.
Thrilled to have a new prose poem, "One Refugee to Another", in Spilled Milk.
June 10, 2016
A fistful of new short fictions.
Grateful, honored, and apprehensive to have several new fictions in journals. The quick of it:
"Hubcap, Frog, and Luna Moth" (Parcel) A story about marriage and moths.
"Toketwat" (Minola Review) Two friends juggle nursing and friendship.
"Woman Rendered Speechless By Sunset" (Noble Gas Quarterly) Because someone stuffed a sunset in your mouth.
"Something About the Sunshine in Scrapyards" (Noble Gas Quarterly) Girl meets boy in scrapyard.
"The Subject Will Rise" (Noble Gas Quarterly) Who's the subject and who's the object in this story?
"Objects of Derision" (Noble Gas Quarterly) An interview in which I make a righteous ass of myself.
"A Sport We Use to Pass the Time" (Shadowgraph) There's no way to be James Salter.
"Hubcap, Frog, and Luna Moth" (Parcel) A story about marriage and moths.
"Toketwat" (Minola Review) Two friends juggle nursing and friendship.
"Woman Rendered Speechless By Sunset" (Noble Gas Quarterly) Because someone stuffed a sunset in your mouth.
"Something About the Sunshine in Scrapyards" (Noble Gas Quarterly) Girl meets boy in scrapyard.
"The Subject Will Rise" (Noble Gas Quarterly) Who's the subject and who's the object in this story?
"Objects of Derision" (Noble Gas Quarterly) An interview in which I make a righteous ass of myself.
"A Sport We Use to Pass the Time" (Shadowgraph) There's no way to be James Salter.
May 9, 2016
Honored to read with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra this week.
"Rhapsody for Maria: An Evening of Romanian-American Intersections"
Daniel Szasz, Violin
Alexandru Szasz, Trumpet
Alina Voicu, Piano
Alina Stefanescu Coryell, Poet
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / 7:30PM
Brock Recital Hall | Map & Directions
Music by Enescu, Porumbescu, Nottara, Lazarescou, Cojocaru, Gershwin, Bernstein, Beach, Bolcolm, O'Connor and poetry readings by Alina Stefanescu Coryell
The repertoire chosen for the concert mirrors in many ways the personal journeys of those who will be performing the program, all Romanian-born artists who are now calling US their home. From well known to less familiar selections to two world-premieres to beautiful poetry, the program embraces both melancholic and hopeful tones, and it aims to give a taste of Romanian and American music that is truly meaningful to the performers while highlighting the intersections between the two cultures. "Rhapsody for Maria," a work composed by Romanian-American composer Dan Lazarescou, brings the program together because it unites Romanian folk tunes and rhythms with a motive from Leonard Bernstein's "Maria".
Tickets and more information online.
Daniel Szasz, Violin
Alexandru Szasz, Trumpet
Alina Voicu, Piano
Alina Stefanescu Coryell, Poet
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / 7:30PM
Brock Recital Hall | Map & Directions
Music by Enescu, Porumbescu, Nottara, Lazarescou, Cojocaru, Gershwin, Bernstein, Beach, Bolcolm, O'Connor and poetry readings by Alina Stefanescu Coryell
The repertoire chosen for the concert mirrors in many ways the personal journeys of those who will be performing the program, all Romanian-born artists who are now calling US their home. From well known to less familiar selections to two world-premieres to beautiful poetry, the program embraces both melancholic and hopeful tones, and it aims to give a taste of Romanian and American music that is truly meaningful to the performers while highlighting the intersections between the two cultures. "Rhapsody for Maria," a work composed by Romanian-American composer Dan Lazarescou, brings the program together because it unites Romanian folk tunes and rhythms with a motive from Leonard Bernstein's "Maria".
Tickets and more information online.
