Marina Rubin

Marina Rubin was born in Vinnitsa, Ukraine and immigrated to the United States in 1989. She attended Pace University on a Writing Scholarship from United Federation of Teachers and graduated with a Degree in Psychology and minor in Women’s Studies. Her first chapbook 'Ode to Hotels' (2002) was followed by 'Once' (2004) and 'Logic' (2007). Marina Rubin’s work has appeared in over eighty magazines and anthologies. She is an associate editor of Mudfish. Tribeca's literary and art magazine, and a 2013 recipient of COJECO Blueprint Fellowship. Her book of flash fiction 'Stealing Cherries' (Manic D Press, 2013) received an Honorable Mention on Heeb Magazine’s list of Best Books of 2014. Her short story Good People Make Bad Couples was shortlisted for the 2019 Writers’ HQ Flash Fiction Prize. Her short story, Jupiter, has received a nomination for “Best of the Net 2021.” Her new short-story collection 'Knockout Beauty and Other Afflictions' (Crowsnest Books, January 2023) has won an Honorable Mention for the 2020 Miami Book Fair Emerging Writer Fellowship. One of centerpiece stories of this collection, Man in a Fedora, was recorded as an-hour long podcast, reminiscent of classic radio productions, that involved eleven voice actors of the Nightshift Radio Storyteller Series. In addition to writing, Marina Rubin is an avid mountaineer, having summited Kilimanjaro, made it to Everest Base Camp, completed Tour du Mont Blanc and Camino de Santiago. She lives in Brooklyn.