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My story collection, “Refund,” is available for preorder!

19 Jul 2014

“Refund” is coming out January 13, 2015, but you can order it here and here and here.

A Town of Empty Rooms reviewed at ReformJudaism.org

27 Mar 2014

Rabbi Anne Perry reviews A Town of Empty Rooms; you can read her review here.

“The Sea Turtle Hospital” now out in Story Quarterly

25 Feb 2014

My short story, “The Sea Turtle Hospital,” has just been published in issue 46/47 of Story Quarterly.  You can find out more about the magazine here.

The Huntsville Times reviews A Town of Empty Rooms

06 Feb 2014

You can read Kay Campbell’s review here.

A Town of Empty Rooms is now available in paperback

18 Jan 2014

A Town of Empty Rooms is now out in paperback; a new excerpt, “The Pinewood Derby,” is up on www.byliner.com. You can read the excerpt here.

Interview on “Advice for Writers” site

15 Jan 2014

I talk to Jon Winokur for his website, “Advice for Writers.” You can read the interview here.

“The Emotional Power of Verbs” in New York Times’ Draft column

24 Dec 2013

Are verbs emotional? Yes, they are! You can read my essay in the New York Times here. 

New story, “This Cat,” in Narrative magazine

24 Nov 2013

I have a new story, “This Cat,” on the Narrative magazine website. You can read the story here.

Stories, essays now on www.byliner.com

13 Nov 2013

My work is now included on the Byliner website. You can find some of my stories and essays here: www.byliner.com.

Interview with Bookforum about A Town of Empty Rooms

27 Sep 2013

I talk with my partner in the trenches, Robert Anthony Siegel, about A Town of Empty Rooms. You can read the interview here.

Narrative magazine picks “Sent” as a Top 5 Story of the Week

10 Sep 2013

Very grateful to Narrative magazine for selecting my story “Sent” as a Top 5 Story of the Week for 2012-2013. You can reach the announcement here.

Afar magazine publishes my “Spin the Globe” piece on Shannon, Ireland

08 Sep 2013

Afar magazine spun the globe and sent me to Shannon, Ireland. You can read what happened in my article here.

Jewish Book Council reviews A Town of Empty Rooms

02 Sep 2013

“Bender weaves a number of provocative themes into this emotional and timely story”–read the rest of the Jewish Book Council’s review here.

 

North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources Recommends A Town of Empty Rooms

27 Jul 2013

ATown of Empty Rooms is included on a NC reading list. You can read the list here.

Interview with Wilmington magazine

14 Jul 2013

I talk to Gwenyfar Rohler of Wilmington magazine–you can read the interview here.

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