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Non-Fiction about Non-Humans: Maddalena Bearzi

E.B. Bartels — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:55:30 +0000

The eleventh Non-Fiction about Non-Humans interview is up on Fiction Advocate!

Maddalena Bearzi is the author of Stranded: Finding Nature in Uncertain Times and Dolphin Confidential: Confessions of a Field Biologist, and she is the coauthor of Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins. Bearzi is president and cofounder of Ocean Conservation Society. She holds a PhD in biology and a postdoctorate from UCLA, and she has been involved in studying marine mammals, with a conservation bias, since 1990. Her research on dolphins and whales off California represents one of the longest investigations worldwide, and she has published several scientific peer-reviewed papers. Her work and books have been covered by CNN, NPR, KPCC, Al Jazeera America, the Hallmark Channel, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, and American Scientist, among others. Bearzi has also been a writer for numerous media, including National Geographic. Born and raised in Italy, she now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and dog.

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To read the full interview, visit Fiction Advocate and be sure to check out the previous installments of Non-Fiction about Non-Humans with Bethany Brookshire, Sabrina Imbler, Erica Berry, Tove Danovich, Karen Fine, Jaime Green, Cat Warren, Gloria Dickie, Karen Pinchin, and Rosanna Xia!

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Just Being in Litro Magazine!

E.B. Bartels — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 19:32:06 +0000

It’s spring again, and I’m still here, still sitting, still inside. At my desk, I gaze out the window at sparks of green, glimmers of yellow and purple, as daffodils, crocuses, new grass make their way into the warming world. Spring makes me want to get out and move – to go for long walks, to travel to new places, to see old friends, to roll around in a meadow. But instead, I’m sitting still, because I know that is what I need to do to help myself and help others. Being still sometimes feels like giving up. Being still feels like acting helpless. Being still doesn’t feel like enough. I usually think of helping as an active gesture; the words “action” and “active” have the same root, the Latin verb for “do.” But sometimes, I’ve learned, you can take action by doing nothing. Sometimes you can help by simply being still.

I started writing this essay three years ago. it has gone through many iterations and it took me a long time to figure out what it really was all about, but finally now it is now up on Litro Magazine and I am so happy to have it out in the world. Click here to read it.

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“Please Unsave The Date. The Pandemic Has Cancelled Our Wedding” in Cognoscenti!

E.B. Bartels — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 15:04:18 +0000

For the full essay, see it on Cognoscenti.
Originally published on July 6, 2020.

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The save-the-date Richie and I sent out for our wedding, which had been planned for June 13, 2020.

I am honored to once again have a piece up on WBUR’s Cognoscenti. (According to my friend Jess Weaver, having two pieces on Cognoscenti makes me a Boston-area celebrity.) With everything going on, postponing a wedding isn’t that big of a deal, but it’s still sad and uncertain, and I appreciate Cognoscenti editors Kathleen Burge and Cloe Axelson for giving me the space to write about it. And, of course, I appreciate Richie for being by my side through it all.

Click here to read the piece on Cognoscenti.

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“There Is No Pandemic In ‘Flavortown'” on Cognoscenti!

E.B. Bartels — Thu, 21 May 2020 15:53:39 +0000

For the full essay, see it on Cognoscenti.
Originally published on May 21, 2020.

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Judges Troy Johnson, Aarti Sequeira, and Jet Tila talk with Host Guy Fieri while the contestants prepare their dishes, as seen on Guy’s Grocery Games, Season 14.

I am so excited to have a piece on WBUR’s Cognoscenti, but I am especially excited because that piece is about my hero, Guy Fieri, and how watching Guy’s Grocery Games is the only thing getting me through the coronavirus pandemic. Thanks so much to Cognoscenti editors Kathleen Burge and Cloe Axelson for giving this little essay a home.

Click here to read the piece on Cognoscenti.

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