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Refund is on the Longlist for the National Book Award in Fiction

Refund is included on the Longlist for the National Book Award in fiction. !!!!!!!!

You can see the entire list here:

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Hollins University for 2015-2016

Very happy that I am the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, for the 2015-2016 academic year. Here’s a link:

New essay in Real Simple magazine

“We didn’t know that the house was inhabited. We just knew that it was free.” New essay appears in the July issue of Real Simple. You can read the essay here.

Refund is on the Shortlist for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award

Refund is on the Frank O’Connor Story Award shortlist! You can read about it here.

Interview at the Los Angeles Review of Books site

Nancy Spiller interviews me for LARB. You can read the interview here.

My story “Free Lunch” is the featured story this week on Storyville App

The link to the Storyville App site is here.

Refund is on the Longlist for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize

You can see the entire list of books here.

“Like Normal People” is recommended by Meg Wolitzer in O magazine

In the May issue of O magazine, Meg Wolitzer is one of 15 authors recommending a book that should be rediscovered; she chose Like Normal People. You can read her recommendation here.

Interview about “Refund” in Shelf Unbound magazine

The February/March issue of Shelf Unbound Magazine features an interview with me about Refund. You can read the interview here. 

Wilmington Star-News on Refund

Ben Steelman of the Wilmington Star-News writes about the terrific reviews for Refund.   I’ll be a guest on the Prologue show on WHQR Monday, April 13. You can read the article here.

“Refund” is on Ebook Friendly’s list of best story collections to read in 2015.

You can read the list of recommended story collections here.

Refund is a NYTBR Editor’s Choice

“Refund” is New York Times Book Review “Editor’s Choice.” for the March 29 issue.

New York Times Book Review reviews “Refund”

“Money is ostensibly the fuel that powers Karen E. Bender’s new collection “Refund”…but Bender’s subtler preoccupation is the eroding effect of emotional want…Bender understands worlds about marriage and emotional need.” You can read the whole review here. 

Live from Prairie Lights!

My reading on March 4 at Iowa City’s wonderful Prairie Lights bookstore is posted here.

Refund is listed in The Week magazine

Refund is included in The Week magazine, noted among books exploring the “power of money.”