HOWL PRAISE
Required Reading
Somewhere, Allen Ginsberg must be chuckling. The editors
of The Bark magazine have followed up 2004's “Dog
is My Co-Pilot" with a collection that includes tales
from Stupid Pet Tricks creator Merrill Markoe, Dave Barry,
Kinky Friedman, Ann Brashares and many others.
– Billy Heller, New York Post
This collection of short writing about dogs—including
essays, parodies, playful advice, true stories of beloved
pets, imagined canine perspectives, even a play and a cartoon
or two—has one goal: to make you laugh. The quotation
above gives you a taste of “Excerpts from Great Books
in the Canine Canon” by Francis Heaney. In “The
Dog Mumbler,” Merrill Markoe suggests hilarious alternatives
to the techniques of Cesar Millan (dog-training guru from
the TV show, Dog Whisperer). Other contributors include Pam
Houston, Haven Kimmel, Margaret Cho, Al Franken, Abigail
Thomas, and Patrick McDonnell. Curl up with your own funny
pup, and enjoy a mirthful Howl.
– Bas Bleu
Hot Diggety DOG!
The book features 68 essays about dogs that have appeared
in BARK. The magazine attracts some stellar contributions.
HOWL features essays by folks like Al Franken, Dave Barry,
Kinky Friedman, Margaret Cho, William Wegman, and Ann Brashares.
As you might have guessed, many of these pieces are rather humorous.
Some of the essay titles offer an inkling of what you can expect from reading
HOWL: It includes essays with titles like: Carolina’s in heat and I’m
not, Bone alone, Dog whores, the seven-month itch, What my dog has eaten lately,
Doggy love, and No wonder they call me bitch..
Good stuff. Do you know any dog nuts? Let’em gnaw on this volume for
a bit. Their tails will be a waggin’ fer shure….
– Vick Mickunas, Dayton Daily News
Staff Pick
A delightful collection of tales, tunes, tutorials, and more,
written by some of today’s most well-known writers
and comedians, occupies this follow-up to the essay collection
of “Dog Is My Co-Pilot”. Al Franken, Margaret
Cho, Neal Pollack, and others weigh in with dog stories that
highlight the comical interactions between pooches and their
people, promising to cause a chuckle with the turn of every
page.
—
TAILS magazine
The second literary salvo from The Bark magazine … Those
with fortitude will be rewarded … Marc Spitz's essay
on how his dog changed his life, riddled with pop culture
references and self-deprecating humor, is truly a joy. Kinky
Friedman's all-too-short piece on the trials and tribulations
of sharing a bed with animals will have dog lovers smiling
and nodding in recognition, and Nancy Cohen's "The Seven
Month Itch" masterfully incorporates the multitude of
nicknames owners have for their companions in a story about
the search for the cure for a rash.
– Publishers Weekly
Holiday Pick 2007
Howl is a collection of essays about people’s experiences
with dogs … it’s a good gift for the mom obsessing
over her Cavalier King Charles spaniel now that the kids
have flown the coop.
– Philadelphia Weekly
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