#karen bender

[thehappyscavenger]

How is our very self housed in others, and in ways we can't understand.

The Words of Dr. L, Karen Bender

[mauveandrosysky]

- “For What Purpose?” from the short story collection “Refund,” by Karen E. Bender

[wow-usernames-are-hard]

Between the Pages: Refund: Stories (Karen E. Bender)

Refund: StoriesKaren E. Bender I bought Karen Bender’s Refund because it was on sale at Barnes & Noble (and because it was one of last year’s National Book Award finalists and the excerpt looked interesting); it was only until after I arrived home that I realized how fitting it was that I had chosen this particular novel: on the first page were the words, “We think about it every day, sometimes…

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[wow-usernames-are-hard]

Refund: Stories (Karen E. Bender)

Refund: Stories (Karen E. Bender)

Refund: Stories Karen E. Bender

I bought Karen Bender’s Refundbecause it was on sale at Barnes & Noble (and because it was one of last year’s National Book Award finalists and the excerpt looked interesting); it was only until after I arrived home that I realized how fitting it was that I had chosen this particular novel: on the first page were the words, “We think about it every day, sometimes…

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[quotesengage]

A friend who jokes with you in a time of pain can help you remember the person you were before - the strong person who you will, eventually, become again.

Karen E. Bender

[superstitionrev]

#SRIssue16: An Interview with Karen Bender

#SRIssue16: An Interview with Karen Bender

Karen Bender is the author of the story collection Refund, published by Counterpoint Press in 2015; it is a Finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction, and is on the shortlist for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize; it was also a Los Angeles Times bestseller. She is also the author of Like Normal People, (Houghton Mifflin) which was a Los Angeles Times bestseller, a…

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[storiesonstagedavis]

This month's featured writer, Karen Bender, is a much-honored novelist, and we'll be presenting one of the stories from Refund, her first short story collection. But before I list all of her other ...

Want to hear more great stories before the month is over? Stories on Stage Sacramento's May event, featuring authors Karen Bender and Meera Klein, is happening this Friday.

[simlish-savvy]

meetmetotheriver answered to your photoset“a new couple, the Benders, have moved into Desiderata Valley…but..."

Kevin Beare and Jane Stacks? The pictures are a bit small so hard to tell.

you got it, Karen and Jake Bender are actually Kevin Beare and Jane Stacks :) I was almost going to put them together in Pleasantview so I thought I'd try it out here...I'll have to try and get better pics of them when I play them