I’ll be teaching an 8-week generative writing class, “Story Factory,” for the Iowa Summer Writing festival Oct. 10-Nov. 28, Monday nights. I’lll also be teaching a weekend workshop on using third person point of view for ISWF the weekend of October 14-16.
Word for Word theater, at Z Space in San Francisco, will perform my story “Eternal Love,” on September 4. This will be the first time my story has been performed with neurodiverse actors. The story is part of my novel, … Continue reading →
I’m thrilled to be joining the MFA program at SUNY Stony Brook as a Visiting Associate Professor, part-time. You can find out more about the program here. https://www.stonybrook.edu/southampton/mfa/cwl/
The Yale Review published a new story, “Messengers,” in the summer 2022 issue. You can read the story here.
Booklist reviews Refund
07 Jan 2015
Booklist says: “Bender’s tales are stark, heart-wrenching, quirky….but they all work together, as Bender leads us to a unifying conclusion: you can’t put a price on human life or love.”