T he editor and publisher wish to thank the following publishers, authors, and publications:
Carnegie Mellon University Press for permission to reprint “January 19” by Ted Kooser from Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison. Copyright 2000 by Ted Kooser.
Michael Chitwood for “The General,” originally published in The Sun magazine, June 2004. Reprinted with permission from the author.
Jane Smiley for “Mr. T.’s Heart,” originally published in Practical Horseman. Copyright 1999 by Jane Smiley/Horse Heaven. Reprinted with permission from the Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency and The Friedrich Agency.
Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), for permission to reprint “This Dog’s Life” from Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott. Copyright 2005 by Anne Lamott.
Thomas McGuane for “Taking Stock,” originally published by Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing, in Big Sky Cooking by Meredith Brokaw and Ellen Wright. Copyright 2006 by Thomas McGuane. Reprinted with permission from the author.
HarperCollins Publishers for pages 209–15 from Dog Years by Mark Doty. Copyright 2007 by Mark Doty.