Karen Bender | Official website of author Karen E. Bender
Jan 21, 2025 · Grateful to Carolyn Ferrell for her blurb for The Words of Dr. L. “Karen Bender’s brilliant new collection of stories is devastating in its human truths yet not without hope. In worlds where nouns are capitalized (Confusion, Separation, Protection) and …
Bio | Karen Bender
Official website of author Karen E. Bender. I am the author of the story collection Refund, published by Counterpoint Press in 2015; it was a Finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction; it was also on the shortlist for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize, and the Longlist for the Story Prize.It was also a Los Angeles Times bestseller.
Short Stories | Karen Bender
Oct 1, 2014 · STORIES ON THE RADIO. Two of my stories have been read as part of the Selected Shorts program at Symphony Space in New York . You can visit “Selected Shorts” here.
Books | Karen Bender
National Book Award finalist Karen E. Bender returns with a story collection that uses both a realistic and a speculative lens to explore a universal situation—the ways parents and children separate at different times of life.
Refund: Stories | Karen Bender
Jul 30, 2014 · In these eleven absolutely masterful stories by Karen E. Bender, the reader gets the most intimate education in politics, language, love, family. The book cares about every single idea it comes across— in a way it is political to the core.
The New Order | Karen Bender
Mar 26, 2018 · “Karen Bender is a tremendous writer―bighearted and wise, witty and wry―and The New Order is a powerhouse of a book: each story brilliantly crafted, propulsive, and surprising, with characters I cared for deeply and endings that knocked me flat.
Editorial Services | Karen Bender
Karen E. Bender’s Personalized Editorial Services . I love teaching—it’s the natural outgrowth of my own writing process, and I enjoy helping students and clients realize their visions in their own writing.
karen | Karen Bender
Deep Dive Into Dialogue: A Master Class on the Art of What People Say with Karen E. Bender (Zoom), Saturday, July 27th, 2024 Through the Iowa Summer Writing Festival online, I’ll be teaching: Finding Your Story, a Weekend Intensive: April …
Like Normal People | Karen Bender
Aug 20, 2012 · Karen Bender writes about the darkness and beauty of love in all its varieties like no one else. Like Normal People is funny and heartbreaking on every page; so smart, so beautiful, so real. – Elizabeth McCracken
“The Accidental Writer” - Karen E. Bender
Jan 27, 2013 · Grateful to Carolyn Ferrell for her blurb for The Words of Dr. L. “Karen Bender’s brilliant new collection of stories is devastating in its human truths yet not without hope. In worlds where nouns are capitalized (Confusion, Separation, Protection) and …