I am excited to work with writers today at #DelArt. Thanks to everyone who registered for my Creative Writing Kickoff! #creativewriting #writingclasses #writingcommunity #writing

Where my mind is today:

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On this day in 2005, my first play was presented in public: TRANSPARENT STING is a comedy about a scientist’s quest for truth and how it turned him into a fugitive and brought his estranged family together. This play explores odd drug inventions, US healthcare, addiction, and the meaning of life.

We won’t stop saying it: ICE doesn’t belong in our communities.

Kick off a fun and productive summer of creative #writing with me at the #Delaware Art Museum on June 26 from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm. Registration and cost information can be found on the #DelArt website: DelArt.org. #writingcommunity #writingclass #creativewriting

Just a reminder - Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner remains a highly relevant and important book. I'm revisiting this book now as I revise my debut novel, GRIEF CAMP, which will be published by SFWP on September 14, 2027.

Just took the fam to see Cirque du Soleil - LUZIA - outside of Philadelphia. It was spectacular!

On Sunday, I got to see The Fear of 13 on Broadway. What a powerful and important play! Afterwards, my friend and I had the honor of meeting Nick Yarris (the story is about how he was convicted and sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit and served 22 years on death row)!

The Key West Literary Seminar has invited me to be a writer-in-residence this fall! Thank you, Key West Literary Seminar, for this honor! I plan to finish revising my forthcoming novel GRIEF CAMP, which will be published by @sfwp.bsky.social in '27, and continue working on a new fiction manuscript.

And that's a wrap for my six-week Fiction #Writing Workshop at the #Delaware Art Museum. It was awesome getting to work with such a talented group of writers. I will be offering an Advanced Writing Workshop on four Saturdays this summer. Stay tuned... #writingcommunity #writingclasses

For BSR Book Week, I had the pleasure of reviewing The Grief Shop and Other Stories from a Broken World by @alessandrostardust.bsky.social. Alex DiFrancesco's powerful new book, a linked collection of speculative short stories, offers a cathartic escape and is a surreal exploration of humanity.

Due to the extreme heat, tonight's Scholars' event on Citizen Artist will now be held at the air-conditioned Buzz Ware Village Center, 2119 The Highway, Arden, Delaware, 19810. See you at the Buzz at 7:30 pm tonight! #Delaware #DelArt #artists #writingcommunity

I really enjoyed reading this imaginative and cathartic new book by @alessandrostardust.bsky.social and reviewing it for Broad Street Review.

Tomorrow, May 19, at 7:30 pm EDT, I look forward to welcoming to the Arden Gild Hall co-curators Margaret Winslow and Dorothy Fisher of Citizen Artist, which is currently on view at Delaware Art Museum. They will be the featured guest speakers for the Arden Scholars' Gild! #Delaware #DelArt

New at MUTHA: Read Asha Dore’s review of NO CONTACT, then check out her interview with anthology editor Jenny Bartoy for Totally Biased Reviews. Audio & video available at the link! #books #interviews #nocontact

“1. Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.” Jeanette Winterson’s 10 rules of writing, which apply to all creative work www.themarginalian.org/2018/09/05/j...

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. www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/05/revi...

Congratulations, @jennybartoy.bsky.social and @catapultbooks.bsky.social! Thank you for including my essay in your best-selling anthology! So happy about this news!

One of the things that has gotten me through these challenging times is getting to teach #creativewriting to adult #writers. I am excited to expand where I will be offering my creative #writingclasses this year. More details coming soon... #teachingartist #writingcommunity

I have always admired snakes, even back when I had more complicated responsibilities to them as a personal assistant to a movie star - one of the many odd jobs I’ve had over the years. In fact, part of that experience inspired my novel, GRIEF CAMP, which will be published by SFWP in 2027. #GriefCamp

The Citizen Artist exhibition at the #Delaware Art Museum connects the past and present by exploring what it means to be a working artist. It's the kind of exhibition you'll want to visit more than once. See it as much as you can before it closes on July 19! delart.org/event/citize...

Thank you so very much for all the support, @sfwp.bsky.social!

It was an honor getting to join @jennybartoy.bsky.social, the editor of No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, published by @catapultbooks.bsky.social, and fellow contributors at Jenny's book launch last night at Liz's Book Bar. Photos by Barbara Garrick

I look forward to being in conversation with @jennybartoy.bsky.social, the editor of No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, and with fellow contributors tonight at Liz's Book Bar in Brooklyn. This anthology is out today, published by @catapultbooks.bsky.social. books.catapult.co/books/no-con...

Happy Publication Day to @jennybartoy.bsky.social! I'm honored to be one of the contributors to No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, edited by Jenny Bartoy, published by @catapultbooks.bsky.social. This book is available everywhere books are sold: books.catapult.co/books/no-con...

Thank you so much, @sfwp.bsky.social, for helping to spread the word. Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight at the book launch! Happy Pub Day to @jennybartoy.bsky.social!

This weekend, your #writingprompt is to do a #freewrite on the types of forms you might try to fit an essay inside. Then, pick one and write a draft of an essay that fits inside that form. Read about this in Tell It Slant by Brenda Miller and Suzanne Paola. #writingcommunity #writinginspiration

Check out this indispensable series of articles on the business of publishing by Andrew Gifford, the Founder and Director of @sfwp.bsky.social and author of the memoir, We All Scream: www.patreon.com/cw/sfwp #writingtips #writing #writingcommunity #creativewriting

Geneva Phillips is a brilliant, award-winning writer and a fellow contributor to No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, edited by @jennybartoy.bsky.social. You can hear her read from one of her poems on this page. writing-freedom.org/fellows/2025... #writinginspiration #writingcommunity #writing

It is a tremendous honor to have one of my essays published by Oprah Daily! Thank you to Books Editor, Charley Burlock. The full essay is included in No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, edited by @jennybartoy.bsky.social, published by @catapultbooks.bsky.social. www.oprahdaily.com/life/wholene...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I'm not there today, but my visit earlier this month has inspired my #writing.

On 4/28 at Liz’s Book Bar, @writercasslewis.bsky.social will be joining Hannah Bae, Lindsey Danis, Stephanie Foo, Monique Laban, Emi Nietfeld, and Domenica Ruta for the launch of "No Contact: Writers on Estrangement," edited by @jennybartoy.bsky.social! buff.ly/GTNzuTt @catapultbooks.bsky.social

I'm excited to kick off my Saturday Fiction #Writing Workshop with a wonderful (full house) group of writers at the #Delaware Art Museum. We’re going to explore how our obsessions fuel our creative engines. #writingcommunity #writingclasses #creativewriting #writinginspiration

I’m looking forward to kicking off a new creative nonfiction workshop tonight at the Delaware Art Museum! We will go caving (or spelunking for beginners) through our memories in search of meaningful story gems. #writingclasses #creativewriting

It is an honor to be one of the writers participating in the book launch event for No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, edited by @jennybartoy.bsky.social, and published by @catapultbooks.bsky.social! Please join us at Liz's Book Bar. Reserve a ticket by visiting: www.lizsbookbar.com/events/49075...

It was wonderful to be one of the readers and meet up with other writers at the Philly Writers Circle last night! #writingcommunity #writing

I am super excited to be one of the readers for tonight's Philly Writers Circle at Ray's Happy Birthday Bar (1200 E. Passyunk Ave.), 7-9 pm. I look forward to meeting up with other writers and experiencing new work. See you there! #writingcommunity #writing #creativewriting #writinginspiration

My child spotted this alligator at the Okefenokee Swamp Park (after I must have passed him at least twice without noticing). This inspires today's #writingprompt. Do a #freewrite on something or someone that is unnoticed. #writinginspiration #writing #writingcommunity

“The proper length for a short story is to go as far as you can without going so far that you have forgotten the beginning.” —Russell Banks

The books are here! THE BOOKS ARE HERE! Such a thrill to receive my author copies from Catapult. You can get your very own copy of No Contact: Writers on Estrangement by pre-ordering! Link below. It officially comes out on April 28. Stay tuned for book tour news! books.catapult.co/books/no-con...

It was wonderful getting to review Kate Crane's memoir for @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social.

What it's like to touch the bottom of the world www.themarginalian.org/2026/01/27/m...

In 2016, the ICIJ, German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, and more than 100 media partners published the #PanamaPapers. In the decade since, the investigation has pushed for greater transparency in public and political conversations around tax, secrecy, and inequality. https://twp.ai/E6HNUk

Margaret Mead and James Baldwin's forgotten, prophetic conversation about reimagining democracy for a post-consumerist age www.themarginalian.org/2015/05/06/a...

I'm also excited to offer a fiction #writing workshop this spring at the #Delaware Art Museum. Register on DelArt.org. I hope to see you there!

I'm delighted to offer a creative nonfiction #writing workshop at the #Delaware Art Museum this spring. Share excerpts of your creative nonfiction works in progress in a welcoming environment and receive encouraging feedback. Register through DelArt.org. .

I'm thrilled to be quoted in this great article by the editor-in-chief of Broad Street Review: www.broadstreetreview.com/editorials/a...

I was in DC yesterday and noticed this kite stuck in a tree, which inspired this week's #writingprompt. Set a timer for 10 minutes and do a #freewrite in response to this image. Or in response to the idea of being temporarily stuck. How will you or your character navigate disentanglement?