CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
FOREWORD
MALCOLM GLADWELL
GOOD
DOGS
SNAPSHOT OF A DOG
JAMES THURBER
DOG AROUND THE BLOCK
E. B. WHITE
DOG STORY
ADAM GOPNIK
FOR A GOOD DOG
OGDEN NASH
DOG HEAVEN
STEPHANIE VAUGHN
BEREAVEMENT
KEVIN YOUNG
BEWARE OF THE DOGS
BURKHARD BILGER
THE WATCHER
RUTH STONE
DOG RUN MOON
CALLAN WINK
GREAT DOG POEM NO. 2
MARK STRAND
DOG DAYS
MARJORIE GARBER
WISDOM TINGED WITH JOY
DOROTHEA TANNING
DOG LANGUAGE
IAN FRAZIER
BAD
DOGS
F
ROM
“THE PET DEPARTMENT”
JAMES THURBER
DOG TROUBLE
CATHLEEN SCHINE
PEACOCK
ALEXANDRA FULLER
WHAT THE DOG SAW
MALCOLM GLADWELL
BULLDOG
ARTHUR MILLER
DON’T DO THAT
STEPHEN DUNN
SCOOPED
LAUREN COLLINS
TROUBLEMAKERS
MALCOLM GLADWELL
WALKING THE DOG: A DIATRIBE
MONA VAN DUYN
F
ROM
METAMORPHOSES
JOHN CHEEVER
WORSE THAN HIS BITE
ERIC KONIGSBERG
TENNIS BALL
DONALD HALL
MAN BLAMES DOG
BEN McGRATH
CHABLIS
DONALD BARTHELME
DOG
VIRGINIA WOODS BELLAMY
DOWN THE LEASH
ANGELICA GIBBS
TOP
DOGS
A PREFACE TO DOGS
JAMES THURBER
THE DOG STAR
SUSAN ORLEAN
THE OWNER OF BEN FINNEY
ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT
HIS LIFE AS A DOG
REBECCA MEAD
YOUR FACE ON THE DOG’S NECK
ANNE SEXTON
RICH BITCH
JEFFREY TOOBIN
SMALL-TOWN LIFE
GEORGE W. S. TROW
TALLYHO!
E. J. KAHN, JR.
SHOW DOG
SUSAN ORLEAN
THE UNRULY THOUGHTS OF THE DOG TRAINER’S LOVER
ELIZABETH MACKLIN
REAL DOGS
RICHARD COHEN
LA FORZA DEL ALPO
ROGER ANGELL
MONOLOGUE OF A DOG ENSNARED IN HISTORY
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA
SCRATCH AND SNIFF
IAN FRAZIER
DOGOLOGY
T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE
DOGTOWN
BEN McGRATH
FANCIERS
GEORGE W. S. TROW
DOG RACE
ROALD DAHL
UNDER
DOGS
THE DEPARTURE OF EMMA INCH
JAMES THURBER
LOST DOG
SUSAN ORLEAN
TAPKA
DAVID BEZMOZGIS
THE PROMOTION
JAMES TATE
PET SCAN
JEROME GROOPMAN
THE DOG
RODDY DOYLE
LINE AND TREE
A. J. LIEBLING
THE DOOR ON WEST TENTH STREET
MAEVE BRENNAN
RED DOG
DAVE SMITH
OBEDIENCE
JOAN ACOCELLA
DOG ON A CHAIN
CHARLES SIMIC
REACH FOR THE SKY
JIM SHEPARD
SHAGGY-DOG STORY
KATE JULIAN
DEATHS OF DISTANT FRIENDS
JOHN UPDIKE
“DAS MITBRINGEN VON HUNDEN IST POLIZEILICH VERBOTEN”
DAVID DAICHES
V.I.P. TREATMENT
BEN McGRATH
THE AMERICAN DOG IN CRISIS
CALVIN TOMKINS
AVA’S APARTMENT
JONATHAN LETHEM
A NOTE ON THURBER’S DOGS
ADAM GOPNIK
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
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