The Words of Dr. L will be released in May, 2026. Events are listed here:
I will be on a panel for the Gold Coast Literary Festival in Long Island on May 16. More info tk.
CLASSES
NEW! NYCWriting Intensive, an in person multigenre writing workshop in NYC, taught by me and Robert Anthony Siegel!
Robert and I are now teaching in-person weekend workshops in Midtown Manhattan, where we discussed student manuscripts (either fiction or nonfiction) up to 25 pages, generated new work, had a craft talk and a publishing panel. Our next one will the weekend of JUNE 26-28 and AUGUST 7-9 2026. We will meet for introductions 5-7 pm Friday, and then meet 9:30 to 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more info
I’ll be teaching online classes via Writing Workshops this spring!
Upcoming:
Building Interiority for Characters: Writing Memory, April 7, 7-9 p.m. EST via Zoom:
Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more information these workshops, or if you want information on my writing coaching or private manuscript consults.
We are scheduling two weekend revision workshops in our NYCIntensive weekend workshop program this June and August. On June 26-28 and August 7-9, we will meet in midtown Manhattan to discuss fiction or nonfiction manuscripts of up to 25 pages. … Continue reading →
The Chicago Review of Books names “The Words of Dr. L” on their list of Best Story Collections of 2025.” You can see the full list here.
Chatham County Line on “A Town of Empty Rooms”
13 Apr 2013
“It’s this complexity, the incommunicability of our pain, that makes us unreachable to one another…this novel conveys the problem; it is also, in its unsentimental sensitivity, a kind of corrective.” Read the review here.