The latest updates.
I talk to the website Litwrap about point of view and process. You can read the interview here.
You can listen to the interview here.
You can read my interview with David Ulin for the Los Angeles Times here.
When I was six years old, I was hit on the head with a rock. How did this lead to my life as a writer? Read my essay here.
Read the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Review here.
“In the very best of fiction, an intimate, spiritual communion momentarily transpires between reader and author. In the case of Bender’s novel, these moments occur during these flawless passages of authentic longing and isolation. Like some of today’s best contemporary realistic authors, Bender skillfully excavates and animates the human fragilities and missteps of life…” Read the rest of this great review here.
“This book would be a great discussion piece on the interplay between religion and society as we navigate the personal and the public and the place of religious life in our culture at large.”
Read the rest of his terrific review here.
Ben Steelman interviews me for the Star-News. Read the interview here.
Read an excerpt of my novel here.
Erika Dreifus generously reviews my novel on her blog. Read it here.
http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/167489/women-helped-jewish-lit-evolve-in-/
Booklist says, “Bender has created complex characters in a novel that provocatively considers our basic need to connect with other people, and how very fragile those connections can be.”