"Cutting ties was the most difficult decision I’d ever made, and at the same time it brought me immense relief. It didn’t feel like a wrong decision." @anescedremen.bsky.social interviews @jennybartoy.bsky.social about No Contact (@catapultbooks.bsky.social). 📕 buff.ly/X5kcLp4

This was a wonderful deep dive into estrangement and editing, thanks to @anescedremen.bsky.social’s incredibly thoughtful inquiry. Many thanks to @therumpus.net for this interview. therumpus.net/2026/06/17/e...

Estrangement as a Chorus: A Conversation with Jenny Bartoy - The Rumpus

“It helps, when editing, to think about the writer, the reader, and the self. When something is triggering and traumatic, I always think about the writer. Are they okay writing this? Are they okay sha...

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Due to Mailchimp's charges for having 370 subscribers, I finally switched over to Substack. Quarterly newsletters are free, and those interested in monthly newsletters are available now: anescedremen.substack.com?r=un1&utm_ca...

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Anesce Dremen is a writer often found with tea, traveling between the US, China, and India. Her work is published/forthcoming in Longreads, Business Insider, The Rumpus, and Electric Lit. She has been...

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Holidays suck. Destigmatizing estrangement makes them suck a little less. Thank you Helen Coffey for writing a great article with The Independent about coping with Christmas. I'm honored to have been quoted in this one. www.the-independent.com/life-style/f...

Brooklyn Beckham and the reality of family estrangement at Christmas

An estimated 12 million people in the UK are affected by family estrangement. Helen Coffey speaks to those spending this festive period away from their relatives and gets their top tips for making it ...

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This Friday, I'll be joining Together Estranged to speak at their Community Resource Social about navigating holidays with estrangement. Registration still open for estranged adult children. www.togetherestranged.org/event-detail...

Postcard discounts! @ko-fi.com monthly subscribers earn 10% off on my products! ko-fi.com/anesce Free subscribers to my monthly newsletter earn 5% off postcards when they sign up! tinyurl.com/Anesce Or you can buy postcards at the full cost here: ko-fi.com/anesce/shop #KofiDiscountChallenge

The University of Nevada - Las Vegas is hiring an assistant professor in English who has published at least one literary nonfiction book. Job description: joblist.mla.org/job/2000656/...

“Estrangement has truly been, and will always be, the best decision of my life.” It's a dream for my words to be quoted in The New York Times. Thank you Catherine Pearson for interviewing me for "The Pain of Sibling Breakups" in Well. @nytimes.com

So thankful to launch my second batch of postcards featuring my original photography at the Survivor Made Market at Free From's Survivor Wealth Summit. They're available online now: ko-fi.com/s/f5e9205c7b

If anyone is in LA this Wednesday, I'll be one of more than 30 vendors at the Survivor Made Market as part of FreeFrom's Survivor Wealth Summit. I'll be selling postcards featuring my photography from my international travels as well as an anthology I'm published in. RSVP now: bit.ly/SM-market

“To me, writing ethically means acknowledging abuse. In a society that prioritizes both good and bad parents, I could finally read stories that resonated with my own survival instead of blaming me for ripping apart my already broken family.” longreads.com/2025/07/03/e... Thank you @longreads.com

Fleeing Family: A Reading List on Estrangement - Longreads

Seven stories highlighting the perspective of estranged adult children.

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I'm available to be a panelist for #AWP26. I was a panelist for #AWP25 for "Abroad as an Escape: International Exchange & Trauma Informed Writing." I'm interested in speaking about: memoir, flash essay, MFA, FGLI, poverty, silence, trauma, abuse, survival, international exchange, Fulbright, tea,

I’m attending Lit Fest (Lighthouse). I am one of 10 students working with Alex Marzano-Lesnevich! After I read “The Fact of a Body,” I altered the structure of my memoir to be a braided narrative. What a dream! I'm running a Ko-Fi & selling postcards to cover costs: ko-fi.com/post/Upcomin...

Trauma travels with us abroad and in our writing too. I'm thrilled to moderate and be a panelist at AWP. Please join me and my panelists for our session: Abroad as an Escape: International Exchange & Trauma-Informed Writing on Saturday. Are you attending AWP this year? I'd love to meet! #AWP2025

I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.

Roxane Gay Books & The Audacity Submission Manager

THE AUDACITY, my newsletter, features an emerging writer twice a month. I define emerging writer as someone with fewer than three article/essay/short story publications and no published books or book ...

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I created a Starter Pack for the Authors Guild. If you're a member and want to be added, let me know in the AG's community page. go.bsky.app/HpnFofY

MY MEMOIR COVER IS HERE!!!! 😁💛 Come celebrate with me, the cover of HOW TO BE UNMOTHERED: a Trinidadian Memoir 🇹🇹 with @RestlessBooks And preorders are ready! Release date June 3, 2025 🔥 Preorder now at @barnesandnoble.bsky.social, @powells.bsky.social Amazon, Greenlight Bookstore, & much more 🤓

TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY! If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK! Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore. JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺 #24HourEconomicBlackout

I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

I'm hosting a tea and creative workshop online with Tiny Spoon on March 1st and 2nd (2-4pm Pacific Time). Open to anyone across the world. We'll explore the etymology of 茶，oral storytelling traditions, tea poetry, & have writing prompts across the workshops. tinyspoon.org/winter-2025-...

Winter 2025: Poetry Plucked from the Tea Gardens

Meet Your Workshop Lead Anesce Dremen Winter 2025 Tiny Resident Anesce Dremen is a U.S. writer and educator often found with a tea cup in hand, traveling between the U.S., China, and India. She ran…

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#Essayists! Would love to see more cnf in the @westbranchmagazine.bsky.social submissions database! Flash and work under 3500 words most welcome. No fee submissions. We pay contributors. Additional details: westbranchsubmissions.bucknell.edu

As ever, on #元宵節 #LanternFestival —the first full moon of the lunar year, when lanterns light up the night. A well-known 11th c. lyric attributed to statesman Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修 and also to woman poet Zhu Shujen 朱淑真 #everynightapoem (slightly tweaked my old translation)

Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.

NOW HIRING: Executive Director Lambda Literary is seeking an Executive Director (ED) to lead Lambda Literary as a powerful advocate against the suppression of LGBTQ narratives. This is a fully remote position with some travel within the US. Salary: $150k lambdaliterary.org/2024/08/now-...

Now Hiring: Executive Director

Lambda Literary is seeking an

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If your boss or company tells you to do something unethical: don't say yes. Make them write it down.

Bill Underwood@rider33414.bsky.social · 2y ago

If they won't put it in writing yourself. Send an email (bcc yourself?): "Following our conversation on x date at x time regarding x, I am writing to clarify your directives. According to my notes, you instructed me to A, B, and C. If any of this is incorrect, please advise. I have some concerns."

So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund. www.arts.gov/news/press-r...

Updates on National Endowment for the Arts FY 2026 Grant Opportunities

The National Endowment for the Arts is updating its FY 2026 grant guidelines, with deadlines in March and July 2025. These changes impact organizations applying in the Grants for Arts Projects or Chal...

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Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is jmetraux@motherjones.com. Reposts appreciated.

A good writer will never bullshit you

jon christian@jonchristian.net · 2y ago

incredible -- the NYT ran fluff "what i hope to see in 2025" blurbs from CEOs and economists, and then this guy www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...

Las Vegas folks. I am pleased to share that I will be hosting a workshop supported by Black Mountain Institute at UNLV in two weeks. "Poetry Plucked from the Tea Gardens" is free and registration is now open! Spots are limited. @BlackMtnInst @unlv.bsky.social forms.gle/bv5PdTQHqRS1...