E.B. Bartels
Cognoscenti contributor
E.B. Bartels is the author of "Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here And Hereafter," a narrative nonfiction book about the ways we mourn and remember the animals we love after they die — available now from Mariner Books/HarperCollins. She is an instructor at GrubStreet and lives outside Boston with her human and non-human family members. You can follow her on Instagram at @goodgriefpetsbook.
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Three seasons at Dog Mountain
During my first visit to the Dog Chapel, I imagined coming back to leave a memorial for a dog I’d have one day, writes E.B. Bartels. On the second trip,...
When pets outlive their people
For our pets, and for the humans stuck cleaning up our messy lives, the kindest thing we can do is make plans, writes E.B. Bartels.
'Mass Ave Lola' wasn't my dog, but she helped me feel at home
Without even knowing her, so many people had loved this dog, writes E.B. Bartels. She brought us together.
Please Unsave The Date. The Pandemic Has Cancelled Our Wedding
The things that felt so important before fell away, writes E.B. Bartels. Now, we hope by June 2021, we can all just be in a room together.
There Is No Pandemic In 'Flavortown'
E.B. Bartels writes about escapism through the television show "Guy's Grocery Games."
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