Dog Culture: Writers on the Character of Canines
"Intelligent and witty . . . the writers clearly love dogs." -Dog World \ \ "A worthwhile treat." -Dog Fancy \ \ "Wonderful writing about the emotional geography between dogs and people." -Jon Katz \ DOG CULTURE showcases celebrated contemporary writers and the dogs in their lives. Here are best-selling authors Nicholas Dawidoff, on needing obedience school as much as his dog, and Chuck Palahniuk, on the otherworldly job of rescue dogs. Rene Steinke describes the shameful gluttony of her...
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Behind every good writer is . . . a dog.
Coco ate: popcorn, hair pomade, dirty kitty litter, Twinkies, red Chanel lip stick, used tea bags, spaghetti, sandalwood soap, Cheerios, orange peels, ham, cream cheese, though, oddly, never leather or shoes. His lunges for food came to seem like a performance. Punk Rock: Coco growling and grabbing a bagel in his teeth even as I shouted, "No!" Comic: Coco carrying a nail file in his mouth for blocks, refusing to accept the fact that it was tasteless. Existential: the long face and the tail lowered because the one lousy piece of stale bread had been beyond the reach of his leash.\ \ We fed Coco what he needed to stay healthy, but he wanted more. There is something to be said for a vigorous and not too discriminating appetite. He wanted danger, sweetness, blood, strangeness, adventure, salt. Who could blame him? I came to see that part of the pleasure of having a dog is the empathic part, recognizing those sensitivities that we usually think of as human, but another pleasure is in a dog's beastliness. A dog acts like a dog, and I'll admit that I took a vicarious pleasure in watching Coco get the fish skin out of the restaurant's garbage. He was so happy with himself, his tail wagging, devoutly licking and savoring the luminous skin between his paws.
IntroductionvWhat Coco Ate1Pompey the Great17"Those Dog Beds Are Dope"29Fear of the Other47Sparky59Girl Dog Mom73How to Be Alone85The Dog Guilt Trip--A Travelogue107New York Is for the Dogs119And They Call It Puppy Love139Bodhisattvas153You and Me, Breathing169Contributors191
