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Jenny Bartoy
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WRITING

I write author profiles, interviews, and book reviews, along with literary work. My writing appears in a variety of magazines, journals, newspapers, and anthologies. Below are links to my publications.


I am the editor of NO CONTACT: WRITERS ON FAMILY ESTRANGEMENT (Catapult, April 2026). My memoir in revision was recently supported by a residency at In Cahoots. I am represented by literary agent Martha Wydysh at Trident Media Group.


LITERARY

Peripheral Vision

Under the Gum Tree, January 2025


Where I'm From #134

Live poem series by Alyson Shelton, March 2024


Fog of Discomfort

Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Anthology

Edited by Amanda Jaros Champion, Small Harbor Publishing, February 2024


A Needle and a Voice

Sharp Notions: Essays from the Stitching Life

Edited by Marita Dachsel and Nancy Lee, Arsenal Pulp Press, October 2023


That Snake

Permafrost Magazine, September 2022


He Bought Us a Farmhouse in the Country

Permafrost Magazine, September 2022


The Pool

Room, March 2018

PROFILES

Munchausen by proxy subject of Seattle author's new book

The Seattle Times, February 2025


Seattle author's first novel explores psychopathy

The Seattle Times, August 2024


Local author Kristin Hannah’s new novel, The Women, takes place during the Vietnam War

The Seattle Times, February 2024


Local author Laurie Frankel on her new novel, Family Family

The Seattle Times, January 2024


The Story Behind the Book: Amanda Peters on The Berry Pickers

The Boston Globe, November 2023


The Story Behind the Book: Emi Nietfeld Went from Homelessness to Harvard, But Not Without Scars

The Boston Globe, August 2023

INTERVIEWS

Liann Zhang Talks Class Warfare, Toxic Influencers, and the Nature of Villainy — CrimeReads, May 2025


Belinda Bauer on Obsession, Greed, and the Dangerous World of Rare Egg Trafficking

CrimeReads, April 2025


Bonnie Garmus chats "Lessons in Chemistry" ahead of paperback release 

The Seattle Times, April 2025


Ashley Winstead On True Crime Obsession, Amateur Sleuths, and the Weight of Grieving

CrimeReads, March 2025


Author Nicole Graev Lipson unmasks the fictions that shape motherhood — and herself

The Boston Globe, March 2025


Local author’s debut "Nordic noir" novel takes place in Puget Sound [Interview with Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum]

The Seattle Times, January 2025


Wading through Life, Loss, and Ecological Catastrophe: An Interview with Eiren Caffall

Chicago Review of Books, January 2025


Jacquie Pham on Historical Fiction, Colonialism, and "the Many Imbalances that Wealth, Gender, and Power Wield"

CrimeReads, November 2024


Paula Hawkins Talks Art, Feminism, and the Evolution of Her Thrillers

CrimeReads, October 2024 (featured on Literary Hub)


Louise Erdrich discusses new novel’s inspiration, writing teenagers 

The Seattle Times, September 2024


On Self-Reliance and Chosen Family: An Interview with Liz Moore 

Chicago Review of Books, July 2024


Henry Wise on Bridging the Inner Divide and Defining Justice in Holy City 

CrimeReads, June 2024


New mystery novel set in fictional Pacific Northwest town [Interview with author Sarah Crouch] 

The Seattle Times, June 2024


Ruth Ware on the comfort of thrillers and the novelist's duty to the truth

CrimeReads, June 2024


Gabrielle Zevin discusses video games as art, relationships and success [in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow]

The Seattle Times, April 2024


Brendan Flaherty explores estrangement, home, and the rippling effects of trauma in The Dredge 

CrimeReads, March 2024


Tana French on embracing discomfort, Irish wit, and chosen family in The Hunter 

CrimeReads, March 2024


Interview: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Author of Touching the Art

Hippocampus Magazine, February 2024


The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Kaveh Akbar

The Rumpus, January 2024


Friendship Sunset: A Conversation with Maria Hummel

The Rumpus, January 2024


Mother, Daughter, Lover: A Conversation with Sarah Blakley-Cartwright about Alice Sadie Celine

Chicago Review of Books, November 2023


Dann McDorman on Exploring Literary Hijinks and Meta Mystery

CrimeReads, October 2023


Mature Minor: An Interview with Emi Nietfeld about Her Memoir, Acceptance

Mutha Magazine, September 2023


Interview: Jane Wong, Author of Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City

Hippocampus Magazine, September 2023


Intoxicating Forces: An Interview with Michelle Wildgen about Wine People

Chicago Review of Books, August 2023


Reclaiming the Self: An Interview with Kelly McMasters on The Leaving Season

Chicago Review of Books, May 2023


Chorus of Desire: A Conversation with Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters, Co-Editors of Wanting

Literary Mama, January 2023

REVIEWS

Our Many Disconnects: Elise Juska's Reunion

Chicago Review of Books, May 2024


In [Sociopath: A Memoir],  Patric Gagne shows sociopathy in a new light

The Boston Globe, April 2024


Ambivalent Comfort in The Loneliness Files

Chicago Review of Books, October 2023


Life, Unmothered, in Acceptance

Chicago Review of Books, August 2023


Now Reading: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

Literary Mama, May 2023


Now Reading: Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

Literary Mama, January 2023


Now Reading: What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo

Literary Mama, October 2022


Now Listening: Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West

Literary Mama, September 2022


Now Reading: Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming

Literary Mama, June 2022


OTHER

Letter from the Editor

Literary Mama, November 2022


100 Words of Writing Advice

Literary Mama Blog, August 2022


Fabric Baskets / Circle Hot Pod Pads

Fat Quarters: Small Fabrics, More Than 50 Big Ideas

Edited by Amanda Carestio, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, March 2015


Hexagon Art Tile / Autumn Leaves Skirt

Never Been Stitched: 45 No-Sew and Low-Sew Projects

Edited by Amanda Carestio, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, February 2014


Nature and the Creative Process

WhipUp, June 2012


Sunset Birdies

WhipUp, October 2011

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