I’m excited to be teaching at the Southampton Writers’ Conference July 10-14, with a class called “Re-Visioning Your Work.” You can find out more about the program here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentI’m honored to be a Mentor in SUNY Stonybrook’s new program, BookEnds, through Southampton Arts. Students in BookEnds get guidance in finishing their novels or story collections. You can find out more about the program, and how to apply, here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentYou can read my short short story, “The Shame Exchange,” published in The Yale Review online, here.
Posted in News | Leave a comment“American writer Karen E. Bender is a master of the short story, managing to create fully rounded characters in well-developed plots within a limited word count.” You can read the rest of the review in the Winnipeg Free Press here.
Posted in News | Leave a comment“She articulates our new normal in terms both empathetic and terrifying….Bender unveils the complex set of motives that caused America to impale itself.” You can read the whole review by Scott Poole here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentI spoke with Marrie Stone about process, craft and The New Order for her radio show “Writers on Writing” on KUCI. You can listen to the show here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentApartmenttherapy.com calls The New Order a “sharp, thought-provoking and urgent collection.” You can read the whole review here.
Posted in News | Leave a comment“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
Posted in News | Leave a comment“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
Posted in News | Leave a commentI talk to Jane Ciabattari about five story collections that shaped my work for Lithub. You can read the interview here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentI talk about The New Order with Mitzi Rapkin on her First Draft program on Aspen Public Radio. You can listen to the interview here.
Posted in News | Leave a comment“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
Posted in News | Leave a commentI talk to Lily Meyer of the Los Angeles Review of Books about The New Order. You can read the interview here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentHelloGiggles.com reviews The New Order, calling it “one of the best collections of the year.” You can read the review here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentMy 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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