Young adult fiction is great. We can all agree on that, right? I’m going to assume that anyone who hates YA isn’t reading a column called Young Adult Education that’s entirely about YA. So, sure, you ...

Bender became a bestselling novelist with The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, but her new collection returns readers to her real forte: short stories that combine gnomic postmodern prose with ...

Taking her very personal brand of pessimistic magical realism to new heights (or depths), Bender’s second novel (following An Invisible Sign of My Own) careens splendidly through an obstacle course of ...

When author Aimee Bender wakes up in the morning, the first thing she does is write for twohours straight. Her routine has lasted 12 years. Bender’s discipline shows she has a passion for language and ...

CORVALLIS — Fiction writer Aimee Bender, celebrated for her unique style and use of magical elements in contemporary settings, will read from her recently released novel, “The Particular Sadness of ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Aimee Bender is the author of two short story collections -- ‘The Girl ...

While at Wordstock 2010, BW grabbed a few minutes with Aimee Bender whose books "The Girl in the Flammable Skirt," "An Invisible Sign of My Own," "Willfull Creatures" and "The Third Elevator" have all ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Aimee Bender, a professor of creative writing at USC and the author, ...

If you missed Aimee Bender yesterday, you can listen to her chat with one of my socioaesthetic heroes, the Museum of Jurassic Technology‘s David Wilson, here. Wilson and his museum are the subjects of ...

It’s impossible for me to maintain any kind of journalistic objectivity regarding Aimee Bender. I mean, first of all, I love her work. I literally don’t care what she writes about—much-touted magical ...