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

No Contact is a bestseller! Thank you to indie booksellers across the country and of course to all you lovely readers. I hope this book shifts the conversation about family estrangement and hopefully changes some lives too. So excited about this news! Support your local bookshop. 😘

"Estrangement comes from a refusal to tolerate a harmful status quo." Brianna Avenia-Tapper's interview with @jennybartoy.bsky.social on "No Contact: Writers on Estrangement" (@catapultbooks.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2026/05/07/n...

I’m so thrilled to be featured in my local newspaper! Huge thanks to writer Zac Fletcher and editor Yasmeen Wafai at the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social for covering No Contact with such a thoughtful interview about family estrangement and editing.

Good morning! It’s publication day!! NO CONTACT: WRITERS ON ESTRANGEMENT is out in the world and available for purchase anywhere books are sold. Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered and shared the book online. And huge thanks to the amazing team at Catapult who made this dream a reality.

This excellent and much-needed anthology comes out today!! And I'm one of its contributors! Forever grateful to @jennybartoy.bsky.social for assembling this deeply important collection on estrangement.

@jennybartoy.bsky.social recommends memoirs that explore family estrangement by Harriet Brown, Stephanie Foo, Nick Flynn and more.

“It’s become OK to talk about it, and because it’s become OK to talk about it, people are learning about what estrangement is, what dysfunctional families look like, and how to set boundaries. And so, it’s become a conversation.” — @jennybartoy.bsky.social buff.ly/wNOa3bX

Thanks @jennybartoy.bsky.social for including TOUCHING THE ART in this piece on family estrangement @literaryhub.bsky.social, in great company🌺"Blending memoir, criticism, social history, & more, TOUCHING THE ART peels back the layers of legacy & trauma that form a person" lithub.com/ten-memoirs-...

Illuminating the long-verboten theme of family disaffection and challenging the expectation that it always result in reconciliation, NO CONTACT: WRITERS ON ESTRANGEMENT is out this week from @jennybartoy.bsky.social and @catapultbooks.bsky.social. Bonus: @cherylstrayed.bsky.social is a contributor.

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

"Over the years of my estrangement, nothing has validated my heartbreak or my truth more, or propelled my healing further, than connecting with other estranged individuals and hearing their stories." Excerpted from @jennybartoy.bsky.social's NO CONTACT. memoirland.substack.com/p/cutting-ties

Good morning! It’s publication day!! NO CONTACT: WRITERS ON ESTRANGEMENT is out in the world and available for purchase anywhere books are sold. Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered and shared the book online. And huge thanks to the amazing team at Catapult who made this dream a reality.

Signed copies of NO CONTACT: Writers on Estrangement in stock @munrobooks ! Seattle Times: 'a Most Anticipated Book of 2026.' Chicago Review of Books: a Must-Read. I’m honoured to have work alongside Cheryl Strayed, Nick Flynn, Michelle Dowd, Stephanie Foo & so many more. @jennybartoy.bsky.social

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...

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...

I'm very grateful to have received advanced copies of @jennybartoy.bsky.social's anthology, NO CONTACT: Writers on Estrangement. I brought one with me today to #AWP26 in Baltimore. NO CONTACT: Writers on Estrangement, edited by Jenny Bartoy, published by @catapultbooks.bsky.social on April 28.

NO CONTACT is a must-read according to @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social! "NO CONTACT is radically vulnerable and truly soaring in its compassion, as well as a powerful reminder that we are never truly alone."

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

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...

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...

Writers on #estrangement at @belmontbooks.bsky.social on April 29th at 7pm. Editor @jennybartoy.bsky.social and Nicole Graev Lipson.

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...

Me: Knock knock. You: Who’s there? Me: I have a b— You: Me: 😊 You: 🙄 I have a b— who? 🧵

It's been my personal anecdotal experience that people who have gone no contact with a parent usually have done so for good reason, and that re-establishing contact on the parent's terms would do both parties more harm than good. defector.com/who-can-imag...

I hope you will consider pre-ordering No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, edited by Jenny Bartoy. @jennybartoy.bsky.social's forthcoming anthology, published by @catapultbooks.bsky.social, is a powerful and compassionate collection. books.catapult.co/books/no-con...

An awesome anthology relevant to exactly this is dropping this Spring, editor @jennybartoy.bsky.social bookshop.org/p/books/no-c...

(Oh look, here's my giant face yet again.) I spoke with @jennybartoy.bsky.social for @therumpus.net about SHE'S UNDER HERE. Just what you wanted to read on Xmas Eve, right? therumpus.net/2025/12/23/d...

“It was all bottled up inside for such a long time, and the desire to get it down on paper was overwhelming.” @jennybartoy.bsky.social interviews @karenpalmer.bsky.social about She's Under Here (@algonquinbooks.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/6VhrcCu

Delighted that my personal essay was selected as a finalist in the nonfiction category of the 2026 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards competition! This essay is included in No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, edited by @jennybartoy.bsky.social, forthcoming from @catapultbooks.bsky.social.

Estrangement is not a trend. Estrangement has always existed, along with the abuse and toxic families that necessitate it. But we're *talking* about it now — that's the change! Thanks to the internet and the destigmatization of therapy, we now find support in #estrangement. This has/will save lives.

📵 COVER ANNOUNCEMENT 📵 We are so excited to share the cover of NO CONTACT: Writers on Estrangement, edited by Jenny Bartoy! Cover design by the fabulous Nicole Caputo ⭐ NO CONTACT will hit bookstores on April 28th and is available to preorder now: books.catapult.co/books/no-con...

"I’m endlessly curious about how people reconstruct and anchor their lives after a devastating and radical change." @jennybartoy.bsky.social's interview with Ivonne Lamazares on her new book “The Tilting House” (@catapultbooks.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/07/24/s...

i firmly believe one of the main messages we should be telling our students about this whole thing is that generative ‘AI’ by definition will *never* have an original idea, and if you use it, neither will *you*

The reason there's no working class representation in publishing is because publishing and writing currently pay so badly only people who are already financially stable can afford to do it. The problem is always, always money.

Taking a break from mental health to focus on social media. Just really looking to be as unstable as possible with everything going on right now, thx for understanding.

Literacy is activism. Reading is a political act. Books are tools for liberation.

Are you estranged from family? Do you have a story to tell about it? For the anthology Broken Free (Catapult, April 2026), I am seeking personal essays and flash nonfiction about a few specific topics. Please visit bit.ly/estrangedanthology for submission guidelines and more info. Deadline 3/9.

Are you estranged from family? Do you have a story to tell about it? For the anthology Broken Free (Catapult, April 2026), I am seeking personal essays and flash nonfiction about a few specific topics. Please visit bit.ly/estrangedanthology for submission guidelines and more info. Deadline 3/9.

I adored this book, and my conversation with the author. Climate dystopia, beyond relevant for our times, written with deep humanity and gorgeous prose — highly recommend. @eirencaffall.bsky.social @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social

Fantastic piece about estrangement. “When one person steps away, it is easy to cast them as the breaker of the family, when in fact the family was broken already.” @huffpost.com

A historical mystery set in 1920s French-colonial Vietnam, THOSE OPULENT DAYS is the elegant debut of Vietnamese-Australian author Jacquie Pham. My interview with Pham for @crimereads.bsky.social was my last publication of 2024. You can read this deep and compelling conversation at the link below.

Deal announcement! BROKEN FREE: WRITERS ON #ESTRANGEMENT will be published in 2026. I’m thrilled to work with @catapultbooks.bsky.social on this important book, with an amazing list of contributors. So grateful to my agent @mlwyd.bsky.social and everyone who has supported this project. 1/

I so enjoyed my conversation with Paula Hawkins for CrimeReads. Her new psychological thriller, THE BLUE HOUR, tackles themes both complex and universal, including feminism, art, violence, and obsession. Ingeniously layered like paint strokes across canvas, this novel thrilled me and made me think.

The must-read equivalent of a deep breath. I found this Substack article very helpful. And I just ordered Sheehan’s What Does the Constitution Actually Say? from @bookshop-org.bsky.social 🤩 @bensheehan.bsky.social

I still grapple with this, many years into family estrangement, but the more I let go, the healthier and more authentic I feel. Whitney Goodman LMFT (@sitwithwhit on most socials) produces amazing content about #estrangement. I recommend giving her newsletter and podcast a follow.

(From October 2024) My interview with the incomparable Louise Erdrich appeared in the Seattle Times. THE MIGHTY RED is her best novel yet and I so enjoyed getting to pick her brilliant brain about it.

This is a fantastic explanation of dysfunctional family dynamics. Gossip-fueled drama (and assorted lies) is exactly why I cut ties with my father and subsequently became #estranged from the siblings who maintain a relationship with him. Gossip makes healthy relationships unsustainable.

All 5 points are true for me. I think the last one was the most instrumental in my #estrangement from my father. This seems especially relevant in the context of widespread post-election cutting of ties. Accountability matters.