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Stories & Lit

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

Georgian Street Dogs

I’m a Dog Lover

Street dogs, stray dogs, dogs with no discernible appeal—I love them all.
By Jonathan Arlan
unleashed dog hiking

The Prodigal Dog

By Erica Eisdorfer
snowy alley

Ben Ailing

By Dave Barrett
adopting a dog during the pandemic

How to Get a Puppy during a Pandemic

By Richard Levesque

Abby the Wonder Dog

By Jim Kenshalo

Why I Adopted A Dog Named Max

By Nora Delaney
dog trapped in car

Vigilantes: Watching Out for Dogs

A neighborhood comes to the rescue, sort of.
By Bonnie Schroeder
dog and human hold hands

To Die Like a Dog

President Trump Needs a Canine Correction
By Edward O'N. Hoyt
Photograph by Gene Hyde

Asta Encounters the Divine in Big Laurel Creek

By Gene Hyde
Photo by Ellie Hansen

At The End Of Four Leashes

By Ellie Hansen
Photograph courtesy of Kate Brackett

Dog Clearing up a Mystery

In Their Voices
By Kate Brackett

Settling

In Their Voices
By Mary Jane Seibert
 “Cosmo the MU Dog” with calligraphy by Sanje Elliott, dog portrait by Don Ed Hardy. Scroll mounting with hand-dyed indigo silk by Liza Dalby.

A Dog on the Beat

Commemorating Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Centenary Birthday
By Dylan Brody
Photo by MagMos

The Affliction

By Lesley Gibson
becoming a dog person

Becoming a Dog Person

By Rachel Lyons
Photographs courtesy of Kerry Quinn

My Dog Is My Boyfriend?!

Musings on a close relationship.
By Kerry Quinn
Brothers Cody, age 7 (top), and Brodie, age 9 (middle), with Gypsy, May 1995.

Gypsy: A Boyhood’s Best Dog Pal

By Brodie Lowe

Book Review: Dash

By The Bark Editors
husky and horse

How a Husky Taught Me Acceptance

By Crissi McDonald
old dog swimming

Poem: An Old Dog Teaches My Dog to Swim

For Neptune and Nina, friends
By Elizabeth Johnston
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