somehow I always end up working at institutions during their sesquicentennial celebrations. (First the Noble & Greenough School, now @wellesley.edu.) www.wellesley.edu/news/kicking...

At Bark! Fest, we had a profound and moving conversation about pet loss and grief with authors @eb-bartels.bsky.social (Good Grief), Rev. Sarah Bowen (Sacred Sendoffs), and Karen Fine DVM (The Other Family Doctor). www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2025/05/lovi...

Just finished reading her book, Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter. A tender and welcome affirmation of the importance of our pet companions‐ and our grief when they are gone.

PUBLISHING IS WILD. two weeks ago, I posted that @harpercollins.bsky.social was letting GOOD GRIEF go out of print and to stock up on the hardcover while you can. many of you expressed frustration about this and I am grateful for all of your love and enthusiasm and for tracking down copies.

a month ago @apnews.com reporter John Leicester reached out to chat about the recent death of his cat and how to help others who are grieving pets. we had a really nice talk, and the piece was published by AP this morning and has been syndicated *everywhere* thanks, John! apnews.com/article/well...

I was so sorry to hear about Bisbee's death – I remember talking about her with Peter in 2022 when he interviewed me for @wbur.org's Here & Now. I'm honored to be quoted in Peter's tribute, but I always feel bad when my book becomes especially relevant for someone. 🖤🐶🌈 www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

“Hope, like evil, has to be cultivated.” - @theferocity.bsky.social on today’s episode of Vibe Check A reminder I’ll be meditating on today. If they’re going to keep cultivating evil, we must continue cultivating hope.

Everyone I met who went to a women’s college is always terrifying Shake hands with a woman who went to Smith or Wellesley or Spelman and they will look into your soul and crush your hand with their handshake

several of you have texted me that you are having a hard time getting copies of GOOD GRIEF these days, and I wanted to give a heads up that the Barnes & Noble website still has copies in stock! #petgrief #petgriefsupport #petdeath #petloss #petlosssupport www.barnesandnoble.com/w/good-grief...

if you are in the area, be sure to come to the Davis Museum at @wellesley.edu this semester to see three awesome new exhibitions! I had so much fun writing this piece about all the behind the scenes effort it takes to get art up on the walls: www.wellesley.edu/news/getting...

everyone go visit the Davis Museum at Wellesley College this semester! they've got some great stuff lined up. www.wellesley.edu/news/the-art...

today! 1pm! you can still register, and if you can't watch live, if you register you'll get a link to the recording of the talk afterwards: www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2024/08/bark... can't wait @zazietodd.bsky.social, thanks for having me be part of Bark! Fest.

the new red class has arrived at Wellesley College! ❤️❤️❤️ www.wellesley.edu/news/the-red...

Wellesley College's new provost Courtney Coile is SO cool and it was super fun to chat with her for this Q&A. www.wellesley.edu/news/a-conve...

this summer I have been busy writing a four-part series about the incredible funded internships offered to Wellesley students through the Career Ed department. such a joy to hear about the amazing things these students have been doing!

. @eb-bartels.bsky.social is joining #BarkFest to talk about her book Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter, published by Mariner Books

Join us at #BarkFest for Loving and Losing Pets with @eb-bartels.bsky.social, Rev. Sarah A. Bowen, and Karen Fine DVM on Tues 24 September 10am PT/1pm ET. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

my first piece for Wellesley College since returning from parental leave! www.wellesley.edu/news/natural...

one week from today at 6pm-6:30pm ET I will be interviewed on The Pet Loss Companion on YouTube -- a video series hosted by family therapists Ken Dolan-Del Vecchio and Nancy Saxton-Lopez, authors of the bestselling book by the same title. tune in live on 6/20! www.youtube.com/shorts/m3u8V...

I'm back, baby! last Tuesday 5/28 I started work at Wellesley College again after my maternity leave ended AND I had an essay published by Pangyrus, and not just any essay. this essay has a very special place in my heart.

thank you to Zazie Todd's Companion Animal Psychology Book Club for choosing to read #goodgriefpetsbook this April!

#goodgriefpetsbook is getting so much podcast love lately I had to share!

my last piece for Wellesley College before heading out on parental leave! www.wellesley.edu/news/2024/st...

my 13th Non-Fiction about Non-Humans interview, my conversation with @rebeccarenner.bsky.social, is up now on Fiction Advocate! enjoy, as it is my last one for a little while as I am now on "interview maternity leave." www.fictionadvocate.com/2024/01/24/n...

thanks to the Pangyrus editors for shouting out my essay "I Want to Believe" in their most recent newsletter!

a few pieces I've had published this past month! in case you're looking for something to read while you wait for spring to come:

did you know that Shepherd Books asked 1,383 authors for their 3 favorite reads in 2023 and that I was ONE of those 1,383 authors?!

ICYMI my 12th Non-Fiction about Non-Humans interview (and the last one of 2023) was published on Fiction Advocate on 12/20! check out my conversation with the incredible Linda Hogan: www.fictionadvocate.com/2023/12/20/n...

my latest for Wellesley! such a pleasure to get to chat with Professor Subramaniam for this Q&A: www.wellesley.edu/news/2023/st...

EB's column on nonfiction about nonhumans is so unique in focusing on books about our larger living community, and in how she attends to craft in her conversations with the authors! I'm so grateful you've invited Heyday's authors into conversation, friend.

happy almost Thanksgiving! to celebrate, here's a new Non-Fiction about Non-Humans interview, my conversation with Maddalena Bearzi. STRANDED (edited by @msatris.bsky.social) made me so thankful for all the animals & plants in my daily life. read it here: www.fictionadvocate.com/2023/11/14/n...

TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!! LITERARY DEATH MATCH!! AT THE BRATTLE! BE THERE! I AM SO EXCITED AND SO TERRIFIED!!!!!

your favorite dead pets girl was on local television! check out the segment featuring #goodgriefpetsbook on Arlington Community Media, Inc.! this might just be the best review I've gotten yet: "a groundbreaking book by an Arlington author." thanks, ACMI!

EB consistently features some of the best, most nuanced interviews with nonfiction writers, focusing not only on what they're writing about, but how they tell these stories. Thank you SO much EB for including Rosanna in your curation of important voices speaking about the more than human world!

so excited about my latest Non-Fiction about Non-Humans interview! here is my conversation with Rosanna Xia, author of CALIFORNIA AGAINST THE SEA, out now from Heyday! thanks @msatris.bsky.social for bringing this excellent book to my attention. www.fictionadvocate.com/2023/10/30/n...

Actually Sam Bankman-Fried was the doctor; you're thinking of Sam Bankman-Fried's *monster*.

Look at that, the people who are systematically destroying journalism by eating it alive and shitting it out the other end want to be exempt from journalistic ethics

Good morning, I hope you can remain clear-headed and hopeful today.

My friend @eb-bartels.bsky.social has written a fabulous, moving book about our love for our pets, in the here and hereafter. Check out #goodgriefpetsbook and this article.

happy Friday! did you know your favorite book about pet death (#goodgriefpetsbook) was written up in the June 2023 issue of American Funeral Director magazine?! this is a dream come true for this Six Feet Under fan.

thank you so much to Darlene Woodward who interviewed me about #goodgriefpetsbook for One Last Network's podcast. it's always such a joy to talk to people who get it.

first let me say how comforting it is that this looks exactly like that other site.