Aimee Bender

Education
- M.F.A. Fiction, University of California, Irvine, 1998
- B.A. Literature/Creative Writing, UCSD, 1991
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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.
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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 - Radio Story, Commissioned to do radio/science short story for “Studio 360” using Big Bang theories after a conversation with USC physicist Nicholas Warner,
- opera libretto, Completed workshop for
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- USC Distinguished Professor, 2017
- Judge, story contest, Mid-American Review, 2006-2007
- PEN West Mentor of the Year, for Emerging Writers Program, 2006-2007
- Pushcart Prize, 2005-2006