READINGS FOR THE WORDS OF DR. L!
The Words of Dr. L is published May 6, and here are the readings I’ll be doing:
Book Launch: May 12, 8 pm, Book Club Bar, New York, in conversation with Meg Wolitzer. Info here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-event-karen-benders-the-words-of-dr-l-with-meg-wolitzer-tickets-1297279490879
Creating Urgency in a Story: mini-class and reading. Liz’s Book Bar, Brooklyn, May 14, 6:30-7:30 pm, Register and buy tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-urgency-in-a-storya-class-with-karen-e-bender-tickets-1262870653119
May 30, Newtonville Books, in conversation with Christina Thompson, 7 pm
June 4, Diesel Books, Brentwood, Brentwood Mart, 6:30 pm in conversation with Hope Edelman
June 10, Book Passage, Ferry Building, San Francisco, in conversation with Elizabeth Rosner, 5:30 pm
July 22, Prairie Lights, Iowa City, 7 pm.
CLASSES
I’ll be teaching online classes via Writing Workshops and the Iowa Summer Writing Festical this spring!
Upcoming:
Building Interiority in Characters with Perceptions, over zoom, June 25, 7-9 pm EST
Deep Dive Into Dialogue, via zoom, June 28, 12-5 pm EST
Show and Tell: Mastering the Art of Summary in Story, via zoom, July 1, 7-9 pm EST
Show and Tell: Mastering the Art of Scene in Story, via zoom, July 8, 7-9 pm EST
Building Interiority in Characters: Writing Memory, August 5, 7-9 pm EST via 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:
https://iowasummerwritingfestival.uiowa.edu/people/karen-bender
Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more information these workshops, or if you want information on my writing coaching or private manuscript consults.
The Substack “The Auraist” selected “The Words of Dr. L” as a well-written new work of speculative fiction. You can read more about the site here.
I’m co-teaching with my husband, Robert Anthony Siegel, in a workshop run by us, for fiction and nonfiction writers, the weekend of August 8-10 in Midtown Manhattan. A weekend to get feedback on your work in progress, connect with other … Continue reading →
“These often speculative stories take place in worlds in which troubling features of our own are amplified . . . Beyond the collection’s interest in political commentary, what most animates it is familial heartache.” The New Yorker reviews The Words … Continue reading →
I have a new story, “This Cat,” on the Narrative magazine website. You can read the story here.