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Karen Bender | Official website of author Karen E. Bender
Official website of author Karen E. Bender
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On Writing | Karen Bender
On Writing
In this section, I’ll share with you some of the insights I’ve found helpful in my path to becoming a writer. I’ll post some of the handouts I use in my classes, and sometimes add exercises...
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Books | Karen Bender
The New Order
The New Order shows a singular writer at the top of her form dealing with contemporary themes and ideas, shining a spotlight on the dark corners of our nature, our instincts, and our cou...
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karen | Karen Bender
My novel, “Like Normal People,” was included in Susan Straight’s map of 1,001 novels to read to find the real America. You can see the list here. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-05-28/ameri...
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Bio | Karen 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 ...
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Short Stories | Karen Bender
“Sent,” Narrative, May 2013
“What the Cat Said,” The Harvard Review, Fall, 2008
”Reunion,” Ploughshares, Fall, 2007
“Candidate,” Ecotone, Summer, 2007, repinted in New Stories from the South: The Year...