Unleashed: Poems by Writers' Dogs
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (944 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0609803794 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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First rate poetry by good dogs Eileen G. Why shouldn't a writer help a dog find his voice? Neither cutesy nor cloying, this collection of poems by writers' dogs is pretty great. Gives new meaning to the old-fashioned command, "Speak!" Definitely worth reading.. Dogs Don't Write Poetry Poets do. Some of them (Andrew Hudgins, Mark Doty) seem to have used their powers of observation to try to understand their dog's psyches a little bit. Others (Rick Bass, Honor Moore) have no clue; they're too busy writing Poetry.As a collection this one is typically uneven, representing the variety of human reaction rather than the steadfastness of Dog.Now, a book of cat poetry. That would be something, no?Right, empty pages.. Mary Lou said Any human who loves dogs will love this book!. I was fully prepared to like this book, but I was quite unprepared for it to be as altogether wonderful and extraordinary as it is. These poems are brilliant, insightful, intuitive, heartbreaking and hilarious. I laughed and cried, reading and re-reading and savoring every delicious word. The picture of tiny little Sadie sitting with her Mama, the poignant beauty of the "Memento Mori" section, the hilarity of the paeans by several of the dogs to their food. it's impossible to choose a favorite. I have called friends to read sections and entire poems to
Now in paperback, an irresistible gift for dog lovers: poems from the dogs' point of view, written by the well known writers and poets who love them.List of contributors:Edward Albee, Jennifer Allen, Danny Anderson, Lynda Barry, Rick Bass, Charles Baxter, Robert Benson, Roy Blount, Jr., Ron Carlson, Jill Ciment, Bernard Cooper, Stephen Dobyns, Mark Doty, Stephen Dunn, Anderson Ferrell, Amy Gerstler, Matthew Graham, Ron Hansen, Brooks Haxton, Cynthia Heimel, Amy Hempel, Noy Hollan, Andrew Hudgins, John Irving, Denis Johnson,
From Booklist Who would have thought that writers have eloquently poetic dogs, even writers who are famous for prose rather than verse, like Natalie Kusz, Gordon Lish, Bob Shacochis, Cynthia Heimel, and Roy Blount Jr.; even writers you hardly realize are writers, like cartoonist Linda Barry? Well, they do, and here their dogs are, holding forth (thanks to editors Hempel and Shepard's groupings of their efforts) on such subjects of canine contemplation as "Chow," "The Good Life," "Substance Abuse," and "Theology" (Kathryn Walker's Flea posits a Big Dog creator; Mark Doty's Beau practices Zen). Ray Olson. Some of these pups a