I’ll be teaching some online classes via Writing Workshops and the Iowa Summer Writing Festical this spring! And information on readings for my new collection, The Words of Dr. L, will be posted soon.
Upcoming:
The Octopus Moment: How to Create a Story With Reach, with Writing Workshops, April 22, 7-9 pm, over zoom:
I’ll be teaching in person at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival in July. I’ll be teaching a weekend class. “Difficult People; Characters You Can’t Stop Reading About” July 19-20, and a week-long class, “Finding Your Story,” July 21-25. Information here:
Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more information these workshops, or if you want information on my writing coaching, private manuscript consults or help with MFA applications.
Publisher’s Weekly says about “The Words of Dr. L:” Bender’s impressive latest (after The New Order) explores relationships between friends and family with a mix of speculative and realist tales. The narrator of “The Words of Dr. L” lives in a … Continue reading →
“Highly original stories that speak to the challenges of being human in the 21st century.” Love this starred review from Kirkus for The Words of Dr. L. You can read the whole review here.
A new essay, “The Replica Therapy Couch,” appears in The Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Assocation. Here is a link to the opening.
My column, “The Emotional Power of Verbs,” is part of Susan Orlean’s “Skillshare” online class
01 Oct 2014
“The Emotional Power of Verbs,” which appeared in the Draft column last December, was noted in an online class taught by Susan Orlean in her Skillshare class. You can read about her class here.