Stories & Lit

Musings on the world's oldest friendship in personal essays, memoirs, fiction, classics and, of course, humor.

Roxie and Verna

By Kathy Ewing

Gypsy: A Boyhood’s Best Dog Pal

By Brodie Lowe

Poem: Enchanted

By Michele Britton Birkenshaw

Poem: Imprint

By Paul Castonguay

How I Know All Dogs Have Souls

By Mitch Albom

How a Husky Taught Me Acceptance

By Crissi McDonald

Poem: An Old Dog Teaches My Dog to Swim

For Neptune and Nina, friends
By Elizabeth Johnston

The Scent of Glory

In Their Voices
By Philip W. Merten

Poem: Precautions

By Ronnie Sirmans

Toffee and Shadow & Jacqueline

Park Slope, Brooklyn
By Ken Foster, Traer Scott

Poem For Daniel

Mariah
By Lois Levinson

“The Friend” is a Must-Read

Sigrid Nunez's novel is garnering praise
By Claudia Kawczynska

Home Is Where the Dog Is

By Beth Touchette

A Tail's Tale

By Patricia Conway

Following a Dream: Bringing Home a Second Greyhound

By Eileen Mitchell

My Secret Cure for Cancer

ESSAY
By Melinda Welsh

Keeping the Peace: Solving Dog-Dog Aggression at Home

Book Review and Excerpt
By The Bark

Come, Sail Away

In Their Voices
By Jeannette Cooperman

Secrets of the Snout: The Dog’s Incredible Nose

Book Review & Excerpt
By The Bark

Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do

By Marc Bekoff