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    I’ll be teaching more classes for the Iowa Summer Writing Festival via zoom in July.

     

    For Catapult, I’m teaching “Exploring Strategies for Story Beginnings” Sept. 10 12-5 EST via zoom.

    I am also running private revision weekend workshops.

    I am scheduling one for August 20-21, and am planning one for September  17-18 as well.

    Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more information about these workshops.

     

     

     

  • Latest News

    06 Jun 2022 A new story, “Messengers,” appears in The Yale Review.

    The Yale Review published a new story, “Messengers,” in the summer 2022 issue. You can read the story here.

    06 Apr 2022 Bookriot includes “Where to Hide in a Synagogue” in list of Best Short Stories

    Bookriot included my story “Where to Hide in a Synagogue,” in a list of 34 of the “Best Short Stories of All Time.” You can read the list of all the stories here: https://bookriot.com/best-short-stories-of-all-time/.

    10 Jan 2022 Teaching course for SUNY Stony Brook MFA program Spring 2022

    I’m excited to teach a course, “From Realism to Surrealism to Speculative: Developing Strangeness in Your Work” for the MFA program at SUNY Stony Brook this spring. Details here. https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/southampton/mfa/cwl/courses_spring_2022

    Pub date is here!

    15 Jan 2013

    Today my second novel, A Town of Empty Rooms, is born.

    ← Pastor William C. Mills reviews A Town of Empty Rooms in his blog “Walking With God” Boston Globe reviews A Town of Empty Rooms! →
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