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Education
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B.A. Literature/Creative Writing, UCSD, 1991
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M.F.A. Fiction, University of California, Irvine, 1998
Description of Research
Summary Statement of Research Interests
Interests: Contemporary fiction, surrealism, magical realism, experimental fiction, classic and new tellings of fairy tales, the short story, the novel, the short-short, the novella, the process of writing, the curious world of the writing workshop.
Publications
Book
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Bender, A. M.
(2005).
Willful Creatures. New York: Willful Creatures/Doubleday.
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Bender, A. M.
(2000).
An Invisible Sign of my Own, Doubleday 2000.
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Bender, A. M.
(1998).
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, Doubleday 1998.
Short Story
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Bender, A.
(2007).
"Lemonade" in Tin House. (Rob Spillman, Ed.). Portland, Oregon. Tin House Magazine.
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Bender, A. M.
(2007).
"Interval" in Conjunctions. New York, NY. Conjunctions, at Bard College.
Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works
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opera libretto, Completed workshop for
opera libretto and music (by composer John B Hedges) in Dec 06, at Curtis School of Music in Philadelphia, 2006-2007
Honors and Awards
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Judge, story contest, Mid-American Review, 2006-2007
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PEN West Mentor of the Year, for Emerging Writers Program, 2006-2007
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Pushcart Prize, 2005-2006
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