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E.B. Bartels

@eb-bartels.bsky.social
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writer, teacher, former bookseller, @wellesley.edu staff, author of GOOD GRIEF: ON LOVING PETS, HERE AND HEREAFTER (@harpercollins.bsky.social) & 🐢 mom. (she/her)

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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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...
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Kicking off Wellesley’s sesquicentennial!
Convocation 2025 marked the beginning of the academic year and the College’s 150th anniversary
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I just sent you a message via your website!
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Zazie Todd PhD @zazietodd.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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...
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Loving and Losing Pets with E.B. Bartels, Rev. Sarah Bowen, and Karen Fine, DVM, at Bark! Fest
A conversation about grief, loss, and how we memorialize our pets with authors E.B. Bartels, Rev. Sarah Bowen, and Karen Fine DVM
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
oh thank you so much for reading Good Grief! I hope it brought you some comfort.
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bookletting.bsky.social @bookletting.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
p.s. the link to preorder on @bookshop-org.bsky.social is bookshop.org/p/books/good...
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Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter
On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I can't believe it's real. a complete 180! so, anyway, thanks for all of your support, thanks in advance for preordering a million copies of the paperback, and if you want a signed/inscribed hardcover of GOOD GRIEF that I panic purchased off eBay when I thought the book was going out of print, lmk 😅
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
then a week later I learned that my absolute champion of an editor at @marinerbooks.bsky.social had been fighting for my book -- to not only keep it in print, but to finally publish it in paperback and GUESS WHAT? Ivy convinced higher ups that a paperback edition was worthwhile. coming out 11/11/25!
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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...
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Losing a pet can cut deeper than many people realize. Here’s how friends can help
Even months later, the pain of losing a pet can still hit without warning. The trigger might be noticing — for the umpteenth time — how empty the house feels since your cat died, or stumbling across t...
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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...
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A tribute to Bisbee the dog, and the grief of losing a pet
Host Peter O'Dowd grapples with the complex grief of losing a pet.
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Ashlee Latimer @alnl.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
“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.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
and maybe even try contacting HarperCollins customer service to ask why only the audiobook and ebook are available to purchase on their website and not the hardcover. I'll keep you posted if I learn more, but in the meantime, if you want to stock up on copies, hit up B&N!
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
unfortunately, sales of #goodgriefpetsbook have gone down in the past year, so my publisher is not interested in keeping the hardcover in print, which sucks. what can we do? it wouldn't hurt to ask your local bookstores to try to order more copies (so HarperCollins sees there is still a demand).
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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...
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Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter|Hardcover
An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bonds we have with our companion animals, and how to grieve them once they’ve passed.E.B. Bartels ...
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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...
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Getting the hang of art
The Davis Museum operations team installs the spring 2025 special exhibitions
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
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...
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The art of botanical illustration
The Davis Museum highlights the many ways artists celebrate nature.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
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.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
the new red class has arrived at Wellesley College! ❤️❤️❤️ www.wellesley.edu/news/the-red...
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The red class of 2028 has arrived at Wellesley!
Students, staff, and faculty welcomed first-years and their families on move-in day.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
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...
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A conversation with Courtney Coile, Wellesley’s new provost
The economics professor has taught at Wellesley since 2000
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
and finally, published today, the Wellesley students who participated in Career Ed's Lumpkin Non-Profit Internships Program, consisting of placements at Boston-based nonprofits geared toward social change and community engagement! www.wellesley.edu/news/tktktk
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Museum tours, patient outreach, and bike lanes
Wellesley interns take on Boston through nonprofits geared towards social change and community engagement.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
third in the series: Wellesley students who did internships through Career Ed at some excellent nonprofits throughout the U.S.A. www.wellesley.edu/news/working...
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Working for the greater good
Students live Wellesley’s motto through service-based internships.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
second, Wellesley students interested in medicine/health care who did biomedical research and health Career Ed internships! www.wellesley.edu/news/a-presc...
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A prescription for success
Students explore medical and health research fields through internships.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
first up, Wellesley students who did their Career Ed internships ABROAD! www.wellesley.edu/news/wellesl...
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Wellesley’s globetrotting intern ambassadors
Lulu Chow Wang ’66 Center for Career Education offers students experiential learning outside the U.S.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
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!
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Zazie Todd PhD @zazietodd.bsky.social · 24/07/2024
. @eb-bartels.bsky.social is joining #BarkFest to talk about her book Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter, published by Mariner Books
The cover of the book Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter by E.B. Bartels. The background is like flock wallpaper and there are 6 portraits in gilt frames, including of a budgie, guinea pig, cat, tortoise, and dog.
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Zazie Todd PhD @zazietodd.bsky.social · 04/08/2024
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...
The covers of the books Good Grief by E.B. Bartels, Sacred Sendoffs by Sarah A. Bowen, and The Other Family Doctor by Karen Fine DVM, on the flyer for the event. Details as per skeet.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
my first piece for Wellesley College since returning from parental leave! www.wellesley.edu/news/natural...
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Naturalists without borders - Wellesley
Wellesley College is one of the most academically challenging institutions of higher education in the country, and we are widely acknowledged as the top women's college in the world. We prepare studen...
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 13/06/2024
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...
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Esme, my cat, says, " Read this book!"
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
I've been working on versions of this essay for 5+ years, and I'm so happy it finally has a home at Pangyrus. thanks to the (MANY) writer friends who gave me feedback & the biggest thank you to my fellow wolf nerd Richie for being part of the story. ❤️🐺 www.pangyrus.com/essay-memoir...
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Wolf Nerds | Pangyrus
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
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.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 12/04/2024
thank you to Zazie Todd's Companion Animal Psychology Book Club for choosing to read #goodgriefpetsbook this April!
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 19/03/2024
thank you to Dr. Abbie Viscardi for having me on her podcast Animal Soulmates! the episode went up March 5 and you can give it a listen here (or wherever you listen to podcasts): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 19/03/2024
thanks to Juliana Roth for having me on her podcast Conversations with Animals! the episode aired at the end of February. you can check it out here: animal.julianaroth.com/p/good-grief...
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 19/03/2024
#goodgriefpetsbook is getting so much podcast love lately I had to share!
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
my last piece for Wellesley College before heading out on parental leave! www.wellesley.edu/news/2024/st...
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Wellesley Humanities Faculty Receive $1.5 Million Mellon Foundation Grant
Wellesley Humanities Faculty Receive $1.5 Million Mellon Foundation Grant
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
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...
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Non-Fiction about Non-Humans: Rebecca Renner
Rebecca Renner is the author of Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades, which was named a most anticipated nonfiction book of 2023 by BookPage. Renner is also a con…
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
you can read the essay here, in case you did, indeed, miss it: www.pangyrus.com/essay-memoir...
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I Want to Believe | Pangyrus
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
thanks to the Pangyrus editors for shouting out my essay "I Want to Believe" in their most recent newsletter!
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
happy reading!
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
speaking of Wellesley alums, I never thought I'd one day get to interview fellow 2010 classmate and friend from Professor Marilyn Sides's creative writing class, İnci Atrek, about her novel HOLIDAY COUNTRY for the @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social! chireviewofbooks.com/2024/01/08/s...
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Same Story, Different Words: An interview with İnci Atrek, Author of “Holiday Country”
An interview with İnci Atrek, author of “Holiday Country.”
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
wintersession at Wellesley may be ending this week, but you can still head over to Instagram to see highlights from our students who were posting from their trips abroad! www.wellesley.edu/news/2024/st...
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Exploring the world during Wintersession
Exploring the world during Wintersession
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
I loved getting to interview Helena de Bres about her book HOW TO BE MULTIPLE and write up her launch event at Wellesley, while also chatting with other pairs of Wellesley alums who are twins! www.wellesley.edu/news/2024/st...
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“Which one are you” and other philosophical questions for twins explored
“Which one are you” and other philosophical questions for twins explored
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
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:
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
and link to read about all the favorite books of 2023 is here: shepherd.com/bboy/2023
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The 100 Best Books of 2023 according to 1,383 Authors
We present the 100 most-read books that 1,383 authors & super readers picked as one of their 3 favorite reads in 2023.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
link to read about my top three is here: shepherd.com/bboy/2023/f/...
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E.B. Bartels' 3 favorite reads in 2023
E.B. is an author, Reader, Nonfiction enthusiast, Nature lover, and Pet parent.
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
head over to the Shepherd Books website to see why I chose @taliakolluri.bsky.social, @edyong209.bsky.social & @clairedederer.bsky.social!
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
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?!
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E.B. Bartels @eb-bartels.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
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...
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Non-Fiction about Non-Humans: Linda Hogan
Linda Hogan is a Chickasaw poet, essayist, and novelist, who has worked as a volunteer in wildlife and raptor rehabilitation. She is the author of The Radiant Lives of Animals, Dwellings: A Spiritu…
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