If you can judge a dog book by its cover, then I’d say these elegant designs for Aimless Love by Billy Collins and Allison Amend’s A Nearly Perfect Copy are doggone masterpieces!
Category Archives: Dog Memoir
The New Yorker Does Cats, too!
In case your volume of last year’s The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs is lonesome — then you can get it a companion with The Big New Yorker Book of Cats…just in time for the holidays! (Brainpickings)
Giant George Dies…
Giant George, the world’s tallest dog from 2010 to 2012, has passed away at the age of seven. The gentle, beloved Great Dane was celebrated in Dave Nasser and Lynne Barrett-Lee’s Giant George: Life with the World’s Biggest Dog.
Here’s to George. Life was way too short for this tall fella! (Dogtime)
Hear Pets Aloud…at Litquake!
Is that the dog book world shaking, or are you just excited for this weekend’s Pets Aloud Litquake event? If you don’t know, Litquake is the San Francisco Bay Area’s annual week-long literati celebration featuring scheduled readings all over the city.
And It’s Just A Dog, along with several other fine animal-loving authors, including Melissa Cistaro, Jane Vandenburgh, DB Finnegan, Meg Donohue, and Rosaleen Bertolino, will be having a pet-friendly party at Woodland Pets & Treats in Mill Valley on Saturday, October 12, at 2 pm. So come for the stories, and stay for the snacks!
To check out the full schedule of Litquake readings with such notables as Adam Mansbach, TC Boyle, and Delia Ephron, go here.
Dog Poetry!
If you’ve ever had a dog, then you see poetry everyday. And who better to illustrate that than Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Mary Oliver, with her new collection of canine poems, Dog Songs.(NYT)
Not Just About Dogs…
Delia Ephron, sister of the late romantic comedy legend, Nora Ephron, has a new book out called Sister Mother Husband Dog, Etc. It’s more about human family members than dogs — but still an enjoyable read. You can read my full review here.
And don’t judge the book by its cover, even if it does bear a remarkably similar jacket to the recent lit hit, Mother Daughter Me by Katie Hafner (right).
Take A Chance On A “Bad” Dog?
They say there is no such thing as bad dogs — just bad owners. However, the reality is much more complicated, as some dog owners don’t always get the pick of the litter, so to speak.
Rachel Maizes looks back on the last 14 years with her ‘difficult’ dog, Chance, a wily Aussie Shepherd mix. (New York Times)
Letters To and From My Dog…?
A few weeks ago, a great Goodreads friend recommended a dog book to me called A Letter To My Dog by Robin Layton, so I gladly put it on my GR shelf. And then over the weekend, I noticed that Brainpickings re-published an old letter by E.B. White (a.k.a., the author of Charlotte’s Web) — which was written under the pseudonym of his dog, Daisy.
So if you’re bored of social networking — your new best pen pal might just be lying at your feet!
Dogtripping, yeah!
If you’re planning a big summer vacation on the road with your dog, then you might want to check out David Rosenfelt’s Dogtripping. But this book is more than just a funny Chevy Chase dog story — it’s about Rosenfelt’s account of moving 25 dogs (yes, 25!) from California to Maine, as he and his wife start up their dog rescue, The Tara Foundation, which has found thousands of new homes for foster dogs. (DavidRosenfelt.com)
Danielle Steel Presents The Joy of Dogs!
Looks like hopeless romantic, Danielle Steel, is going to be romancing the bone in her next book, Pure Joy: The Dogs We Love, which goes on sale in late October.
Pig In A Wheelchair Gets Book Deal!
Move over bacon — here comes something meatier! Fresh off Grumpy Cat scoring a movie deal — the Youtube celeb, Chris P. Bacon (aka “Crispy Bacon”), who was born without the use of his hind legs, has gotten himself a cushy 3-book deal from his popular Pig In A Wheelchair videos.(EW)
Remember the Dog!
During this upcoming Memorial Day weekend, it’s our obligation to honor the brave men and women who serve — and have served — our country so admirably. And judging by the recent spate of popular military dog books (Trident K9 Warriors and Until Tuesday, to name a few), it’s also important to remember that there have been some incredibly heroic dogs earning their stripes, too — as you can read about in this Dogtime article commemorating 5 War Dogs from U.S. history.
If Marley Turned Into Cujo?
Imagine that you adopt the perfect dog: a happy pup who gets along with all the other mutts at the dog park and everybody else she comes into contact with.
Well, this is NOT what happens to Peggy Tibbetts in her new book, Crazy Bitch: Living With Canine Compulsive Disorder. It’s like Marley & Me — except if Marley had a tragic mental illness that slowly turned him into Cujo.
A Dog Walks Into A Nursing Home…
Hope you don’t mind if I judge a book by its cover — but I think that the new jacket for A Dog Walks Into A Nursing Home by Sue Halpern is not only adorable, but truly warms the soul. So if you (or your soul) is feeling under the weather, you might want to pre-order the book now since it doesn’t officially go on sale until May 16, 2013.
Move over, Nurse Ratched and all you cuckoo candy stripers — here comes a real therapy dog!
Neil Gaiman’s Dog Has Died…
Neil Gaiman, the popular writer of graphic novels and comic books, has penned a touching eulogy in memory of his late dog — The Power of Dog, Cabal.
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