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C. Mallon

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 13, 2025

Dogs Through the Ages: A Creative History of a Faithful Human Companion

Dogs Through the Ages: A Creative History of a Faithful Human Companion

Jessica Poundstone Explores Canine Depictions in Art From Across the World

By Jessica Poundstone | May 5, 2025

What We Can Learn From a Dog’s Way of Looking At the World

What We Can Learn From a Dog’s Way of Looking At the World

Mark Rowlands on the Value of Appreciating Daily Life's Small Yet Significant Routines

By Mark Rowlands | January 28, 2025

Canine Charms: Markus Zusak on Rescuing a Dog and Naming It After a Character in His Fiction

Canine Charms: Markus Zusak on Rescuing a Dog and Naming It After a Character in His Fiction

How Reuben the Rottweiler Shepherd Mix Jumped from Page to Life

By Markus Zusak | January 21, 2025

Encounters with the Local Possum; Or, How Safety Can Hide Wonder from Us

Encounters with the Local Possum; Or, How Safety Can Hide Wonder from Us

Jarod K. Anderson Rediscovers Awe

By Jarod K. Anderson | September 30, 2024

Beyond Saviors and Suffering: On the Complex Dynamics of Animal Rescue

Beyond Saviors and Suffering: On the Complex Dynamics of Animal Rescue

Carol Mithers Explores the Relationships Between Stray Dogs and the Humans Who Love Them

By Carol Mithers | August 26, 2024

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How Our Well-Being Is Inextricably Linked to That of Those Around Us

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Falling in Love with a Dog and the World

Falling in Love with a Dog and the World

Ramona Ausubel on the Softness of Beasts

By Ramona Ausubel | April 19, 2023

How Dogs Explore the World Through Smell

How Dogs Explore the World Through Smell

Jules Howard Considers the Role of the Senses in Animal Consciousness

By Jules Howard | November 28, 2022

Today in AWWWW: Reading out loud to dogs improves literacy in kids.

Today in AWWWW: Reading out loud to dogs improves literacy in kids.

By Jessie Gaynor | November 4, 2022

Lessons From My Lovely Patients: Facing My Own Cancer Diagnosis as a Veterinary Oncologist

Lessons From My Lovely Patients: Facing My Own Cancer Diagnosis as a Veterinary Oncologist

Renee Alsarraf on the “deep bond that animals have with their human families.”

By Renee Alsarraf | October 19, 2022

Ross Gay Finds Delight in Nourishing Need, Adult Braces, and Kissing a Very Small Dog One Million Times

Ross Gay Finds Delight in Nourishing Need, Adult Braces, and Kissing a Very Small Dog One Million Times

"I have never kissed a creature so many times, and I have loved and kissed many creatures many times, believe me."

By Ross Gay | October 18, 2022

On the Myth of the Made Writer and the Madness of Emerging

On the Myth of the Made Writer and the Madness of Emerging

Or: Encounters with Michael Ondaatje’s Dog

By Kailyn McCord | September 15, 2022

No Pets Left Behind: A Brief History of Photography Told Through Antique Dog Portraits

No Pets Left Behind: A Brief History of Photography Told Through Antique Dog Portraits

Anthony Cavo Pays Tribute to the Bond Between People and Their Pets

By Anthony Cavo | September 2, 2022

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