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Apartment Therapy includes The New Order on Reading List

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Apartmenttherapy.com calls The New Order a “sharp, thought-provoking and urgent collection.” You can read the whole review here. 

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The National Book Review reviews The New Order

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“Bender is known for her keenly observant and perceptive stories, including her collection Refund, a 2015 National Book Award finalist, and while her stories have a universality that makes them timeless, The New Order very much speaks to this particularly … Continue reading

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New York Times Book Review includes “The New Order” on New and Noteworthy list

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“A finalist for the National Book Award, lauded for her short stories, Bender returns with a collection that reflects America’s new reality.” The New York Times Book Review includes The New Order on a list of New and Noteworthy books. … Continue reading

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Five Short Story Collections That Shaped My Work on Lithub

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I talk to Jane Ciabattari about five story collections that shaped my work for Lithub. You can read the interview here. 

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Interview on Aspen Radio’s “First Draft” program about The New Order

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I talk about The New Order with Mitzi Rapkin on her First Draft program on Aspen Public Radio. You can listen to the interview here. 

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Read it Forward Reviews The New Order

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“Bender’s previous collection of stories, Refund, was deservedly shortlisted for the National Book Award. Her latest, The New Order, is even better and more trenchant, a harrowing look into our present moment.” Jonathan Russell Clark reviews The New Order on Read It … Continue reading

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Los Angeles Review of Books features interview with me about The New Order

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I talk to Lily Meyer of the Los Angeles Review of Books about The New Order. You can read the interview here. 

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Hello Giggles reviews The New Order

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HelloGiggles.com reviews The New Order, calling it “one of the best collections of the year.” You can read the review here. 

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My essay, “If You Have These Traits You Might Be A Writer” is up on Lithub

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My essay, “If You Have These Traits You Might Be a Writer” is on the Lithub site. In it, I identify the traits that I feel are important to becoming a writer. You can read the essay here.

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The Booklist Reader includes The New Order on a list of Best New Books

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The Booklist Reader includes The New Order on list of Best New Books for the Week of November 6, 2018. You can see the list here.

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The New Order on Woman.com’s Books to Read in November

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Woman.com includes The New Order in a list of Books to Read Immediately in November. You can read the list here. 

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Refinery29 Includes The New Order on list of Best Books to Read in November

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“Bender is an exquisite writer, and this books really will act as a brutally honest but empathic guide to navigating the now.” You can read the entire review and the list here.

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Bustle magazine includes “The New Order” on list of books to read in November

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“In her short story collection Refund (a finalist for the National Book Award), Karen E. Bender delivered a set of remarkable short stories that smartly unpacked her characters’ complicated relationship with money. Now, in this new short story collection, she turns a … Continue reading

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My thoughts on writing on The Story Prize blog

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I offer some advice to writers on The Story Prize blog. You can read my post here. 

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Microfiction included in NY Times “Spooky Story” project

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My story, “When the Female Students of Mount Washington High School Didn’t Want to Go on the Tour of the White House,” a response to Francesca Woodman’s photograph,  was part of the NY Times’ Instagram project pairing writers with eerie … Continue reading

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