The paperback version of The Words of Dr. L is now available!
Events are listed here:
October 28, 2026. I’ll be reading with Joan Silber at the Indie Press Prose series at the Concord Festival for Authors in Concord, MA. 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 be the weekend of January 8-10 and it will be in Santa Monica, California. Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more info.
Robert and I wil be teaching a workshop for Writing Workshops in Iceland May 23-28 2027. You can find more information here.
Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more information these workshops, or if you want information on my writing coaching or private manuscript consults.
I’ll be teaching a fiction workshop for Writing Workshops May 23-28, 2027 in Iceland. Robert Siegel will be teaching nonfiction and Ramona Ausubel a generative workshop. You can find out more info and register here:
I loved talking to librarian Jenn Jordan for the “Turn the Page” podcast at the Syosset Public Library in Long Island. You can listen to the interview here.
The Words of Dr. L on Lithub list: Eight Books About Women with Secret Lives
21 Apr 2026
Bonnie Friedman lists “The Words of Dr. L” along with eight books focusing on women and their secret lives. “To read it is to sit at the feet of a master of the short story form.” You can see the whole list here.