Stories & Lit

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

Old Dog | Poem

Poem: Imprint

By Paul Castonguay
Mitch Alborn & Dog Elvis

How I Know All Dogs Have Souls

By Mitch Albom
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
Photo by B.G. WALKER

The Scent of Glory

In Their Voices
By Philip W. Merten
cocker spaniel

Poem: Precautions

By Ronnie Sirmans
City of Dogs: New York Dogs, Their Neighborhoods, and the People Who Love Them Hardcover – October 9, 2018

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
Photo by Patricia Conway

A Tail's Tale

By Patricia Conway
PHOTOGRAPH BY RICHARD A. GYLGAYTON

Following a Dream: Bringing Home a Second Greyhound

By Eileen Mitchell
PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVE WEBB

My Secret Cure for Cancer

ESSAY
By Melinda Welsh
Nicole Wilde, Keeping the Peace, Book Review, a Guide to Solving aggression between dogs

Keeping the Peace: Solving Dog-Dog Aggression at Home

Book Review and Excerpt
By The Bark Editors
In their voices, dogs speak

Come, Sail Away

In Their Voices
By Jeannette Cooperman
Secrets of the Snout: The Dog’s Incredible Nose Hardcover – April 13, 2018 by Frank Rosell (Author), Marc Bekoff (Foreword)

Secrets of the Snout: The Dog’s Incredible Nose

Book Review & Excerpt
By The Bark Editors
Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do

Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do

By Marc Bekoff

Learning to Walk an Old Dog

By Sara Greenslit, DVM
Buddy, Dog

Finding Faith: What I Learned from My Dog

By Christine Hartjes
how I mourned my dog's death, Art by Robin Spowart

A Vet Gives Wise Counsel About Grieving

(Or, how I mourned my own dog)
By Karen Fine, DVM, CVA