University of Southern California
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Aimee Margot BenderProfessor of EnglishDirector Contact Information E-mail: abender@usc.edu Phone: (213) 821-0477 Office: THH 431 LINKS Personal Website |
Education |
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 M.F.A. Fiction, University of California, Irvine, 1998
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B.A. Literature/Creative Writing, UCSD, 1991
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| 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. | |
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Book |
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Bender, A.
(2010).
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. New York, New York: Doubleday.
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Bender, A. M.
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Willful Creatures. New York: 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.
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Book Chapter |
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Bender, A.
(2011).
Intro to 50th Edition of James and the Giant Peach. New York, NY: Penguin Books.
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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.
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Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works |
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Radio Story, Commissioned to do radio/science short story for "Studio 360" using Big Bang theories after a conversation with USC physicist Nicholas Warner,
Spring
2011
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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
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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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