When survival means saying, “You’re dead to me.” www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/n... @catapultbooks.bsky.social @jennybartoy.bsky.social @cherylstrayed.bsky.social #booksky @nick-legit-flynn.bsky.social
Congratulations, @jennybartoy.bsky.social and @catapultbooks.bsky.social! Thank you for including my essay in your best-selling anthology! So happy about this news!
Honored to see a passage from my essay included in this awesome review by Asha Dore published in @muthamagazine.bsky.social! Check out her review of No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, edited by @jennybartoy.bsky.social, published by @catapultbooks.bsky.social:
www.muthamagazine.com/2026/05/good...
I'm so excited to be mentioned in this beautiful review by Renée Reese that was published in @hippocampusmag.bsky.social! Read her review of No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, edited by @jennybartoy.bsky.social, published by @catapultbooks.bsky.social.
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No Contact: Writers on Estrangement is one month old today! To celebrate, we’re having another giveaway. Visit the post below on Instagram for a chance to win a print of “Solitude” signed by artist Anna Brones AND a copy of No Contact signed by editor Jenny Bartoy.
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My interview with the brilliant Beth Ann Fennelly about her witty and wistful The Irish Goodbye is up on @therumpus.net!
therumpus.net/2026/05/18/b...
#Denver friends: join us for a conversation about family estrangement and the new book #NoContact tonight at Lighthouse Writers Workshop!
The event features writers @erikakrouse.bsky.social, Raksha Vasudevan, Soni Brown, and Anna Qu, and I’ll be moderating.
Washington Independent Review of Books
A few tickets are still available (free for members, $5 otherwise). Save your spot at the link below. The event will also be live-streamed!
lighthousewriters.org/workshop/boo...
“As this nuanced collection makes abundantly clear, severing all connection can sometimes be the healthiest choice of all.”
Many thanks to Laura Fisher Kaiser and the Washington Independent Review of Books for this beautiful and thoughtful review of No Contact: Writers on Estrangement.
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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