Afterglow (a Dog Memoir) by Myles, Eileen

Afterglow (a Dog Memoir)

Prolific and widely renowned, Eileen Myles is a trailblazer whose decades of literary and artistic work "set...
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Author: Eileen Myles
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Afterglow (a Dog Memoir) by Myles, Eileen

Afterglow (a Dog Memoir)

$54.35

Afterglow (a Dog Memoir)

$54.35
Author: Eileen Myles
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Prolific and widely renowned, Eileen Myles is a trailblazer whose decades of literary and artistic work "set a bar for openness, frankness, and variability few lives could ever match" (New York Review of Books). This newest book paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of a beloved confidant: the pit bull called Rosie.

In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly became central to the writer's life and work. During the course of their sixteen years together, Myles was madly devoted to the dog's wellbeing, especially in her final days. Starting from the emptiness following Rosie's death, Afterglow (a dog memoir) launches a heartfelt and fabulist investigation into the true nature of the bond between pet and pet-owner. Through this lens, we witness Myles's experiences with intimacy and spirituality, celebrity and politics, alcoholism and recovery, fathers and family history, as well as the fantastical myths we spin to get to the heart of grief.

Moving from an imaginary talk show where Rosie is interviewed by Myles's childhood puppet to a critical reenactment of the night Rosie mated with another pit bull, from lyrical transcriptions of their walks to Rosie's enlightened narration from the afterlife, Afterglow (a dog memoir) illuminates all that it can mean when we dedicate our existence to a dog.

Author: Eileen Myles
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 09/12/2017
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780802127099


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2017 pg. 73
Library Journal 06/15/2017 pg. 100
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2017 pg. 77
Publishers Weekly 06/19/2017
Booklist 08/01/2017 pg. 9

About the Author
Eileen Myles is the author of more than twenty books, including Afterglow (a dog memoir), Inferno (a poet's novel), Chelsea Girls, and Cool For You. Myles's many honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, four Lambda Literary Awards, the Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing, as well as grants from Creative Capital (nonfiction) and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (poetry), and the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers grant.

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