Karen Bender's guest appearances

Karen Bender

The Writing University Podcast

Gangrey Podcast

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

Aspen Public Radio Past Productions

Bookstories

6 Million Seeds

Madhuri Vijay

David Grann

Ethan Canin

Rob Spillman

Elizabeth McCracken

Joanne Ramos

Dinaw Mengestu

Chuck Palahniuk

Curtis Sittenfeld

Gary Shteyngart

Emily Witt

Lev Grossman

Claire Messud

Garth Greenwell

Paul Lisicky

OwlTail

Karen Bender discusses intent and process on several short stories in her new collection and caps the conversation with a run down of favorite works, bookstores and what she's currently reading.

Karen Bender discusses intent and process on several short stories in her new collection and caps the conversation with a run down of favorite works, bookstores and what she's currently reading.

E34: Karen Bender, author of The New Order

First Draft interview with author Karen Bender

First Draft - Karen Bender

Karen Bender is the author of short story collections The New Order and Refund, the novels A Town of Empty Rooms and Like Normal People and is co-editor of the anthology Choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen Bender is the author of short story collections The New Order and Refund, the novels A Town of Empty Rooms and Like Normal People and is co-editor of the anthology Choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

In this Eleventh Hour, Karen Bender will address a strategy that she found helpful while writing her first novel—finding a short excerpt within it and polishing it to send out. She will discuss the differences between a story and a novel, what to look for in your novel when trying to shape a good excerpt or story, and how to use the story form to help you revise a nebulous, inchoate novel.

Episode 24: Karen Bender—How to Find the Short Story within your Novel