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    READINGS FOR THE WORDS OF DR. L!

    The Words of Dr. L is out in the world and upcoming events are listed here:


    Miami Book Fair

    Sunday, Nov. 23, 11 am

    Panel with Allison King, Stuart Nadler and Ruben Reyes Jr.

     

    Book Club Bar: What’s New at the Stony Brook MFA program: New Faculty, New Books, reading with Susan Minot, Robert Lopez, Eskor Johnson, Dawnie Walton and Alison Fairbrother

    Oct. 28, 8 pm, Book Club Bar, 197 East. 3td st., NY, NY

    CLASSES

    NEW! In person writing workshop in NYC, taught by me and Robert Anthony Siegel!

    Robert and I taught a weekend workshop August 8-10 in Midtown Manhattan,  discussing a manuscript up to 25 pages, do generative work, a publishing panel.  It was wonderful and we plan to do more in the future, perhaps January 26 or sooner by zoom. Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more info

    I’ll be teaching online classes via Writing Workshops this fall!

    Upcoming:

    Building Interiority in Characters Using Fantasies and Theories, through Writing Workshops,: October 8, 7-9 pm EST via zoom:

    Building Interiority in Characters Using Fantasies and Theories with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Wednesday, October 8th, 2025

    Building Interiority in Characters Via Perceptions, through Writing Workshops, October 15, 7-9 pm EST via zoom:

    Building Interiority in Characters with Perceptions: Judgment, Envy and Admiration with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025

    Deep Dive into Dialogue through Writing Workshops, Nov. 8, 12-5 pm EST over zoom:

    Deep Dive Into Dialogue: A Master Class on the Art of What People Say with Karen E. Bender (Zoom) on Saturday, November 8th, 2025

    The Octopus Moment: How to Tell a Story with Reach, through Writing Workshops, Nov. 12, 7-9 pm EST via zoom:

    The Octopus Moment: How to Create a Story with Reach led by Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

    Show and Tell: Summary, through Writing Workshops, December 2, 7-9 pm EST via zoom:

    Show and Tell: Mastering the Art of Summary in Narrative with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025

    Show and Tell: Scene, through Writing Workshops, December 9 7-9 pm EST via zoom:

    Show and Tell: Mastering the Art of Scene in Narrative with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

    Exploring First Person Point of View: Saturday, January 17, 2026, 12-5 pm EST through Writing Workshops via zoom:

    Exploring First Person Point of View with Karen E. Bender 1-Day Fiction Master Class (Zoom) on Saturday, January 17th, 2026

    Creating Difficult Characters: Saturday, February 7 2026, 12-4 pm, through Writing Workshops via Zoom:

    Creating Difficult Characters with Karen E. Bender 1-Day Fiction Master Class (Zoom) on Saturday, February 7th, 2026

    Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more information these workshops, or if you want information on my writing coaching or private manuscript consults.

  • Latest News

    09 Oct 2025 Goodreads includes The Words of Dr. L on story collection list

    Goodreads includes The Words of Dr. L on this list of 96 great collections published in the last three years. You can see the whole list here.

    22 Aug 2025 Lilith magazine reviews The Words of Dr. L

    “The smooth prose of these stories escorts us towards soft, barbed realiza- tions: loss, isolation, and new starts do not require catastrophic change in order to occur, they are ahead of us no matter what.” Lilith magazine reviews The Words … Continue reading →

    17 Jun 2025 The Words of Dr. L selected as a best-written new work of speculative fiction by The Auraist

    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.

    Paperback for The New Order is published!

    12 Nov 2019
    ← Cover for paperback of The New Order My story, “Where to Hide in a Synagogue,” noted in Pushcart Prize series →
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