The big New Yorker book of dogs
2012
Book
Only The New Yorker could fetch such an unbelievable roster of talent on the subject of man’s best friend. This copious collection, beautifully illustrated in full color, features articles, fiction, humor, poems, cartoons, cover art, drafts, and drawings from the magazine’s archives. The roster of contributors includes John Cheever, Susan Orlean, Roddy Doyle, Ian Frazier, Arthur Miller, John Updike, Roald Dahl, E. B. White, A. J. Liebling, Alexandra Fuller, Jerome Groopman, Jeffrey Toobin, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Ogden Nash, Donald Barthelme, Jonathan Lethem, Mark Strand, Anne Sexton, and Cathleen Schine. Complete with a Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell and a new essay by Adam Gopnik on the immortal canines of James Thurber, this gorgeous keepsake is a gift to dog lovers everywhere from the greatest magazine in the world.
Main title:
The big New Yorker book of dogs / foreword by Malcolm Gladwell.
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
New York : Random House, 2012.
Collation:
xv, 395 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references.Also issued online.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: GOOD DOGS -- Snapshot of a Dog / James Thurber -- Dog Around The Block / E. B. White -- Dog Story / Adam Gopnik -- For A Good Dog / Ogden Nash -- Dog Heaven / Stephanie Vaughn -- Bereavement / Kevin Young -- Beware of the Dogs / Burkhard Bilger -- The Watcher / Ruth Stone -- Dog Run Moon / Callan Wink -- Great Dog Poem No. 2 / Mark Strand -- Dog Days / Marjorie Garber -- Wisdom Tinged with Joy / Dorothea Tanning -- Dog Language / Ian Frazier -- BAD DOGS -- From "The Pet Department" / James Thurber -- Dog Trouble / Cathleen Schine -- Peacock / Alexandra Fuller -- What The Dog Saw / Malcolm Gladwell -- Bulldog / Arthur Miller -- Don't do That / Stephen Dunn -- Scooped / Lauren Collins -- Troublemakers' / Malcolm Gladwell -- Walking The Dog: A Diatribe / Mona Van Duyn -- From Metamorphoses / John Cheever -- Worse Than His Bite / Eric Konigsberg -- Tennis Ball / Donald Hall -- Man Blames Dog / Ben McGrath -- Chablis / Donald Barthelme --Contents note continued: Dog / Virginia Woods Bellamy -- Down The Leash / Angelica Gibbs -- TOP DOGS -- A Preface to Dogs / James Thurber -- The Dog Star / Susan Orlean -- The Owner of Ben Finney / Alexander Woollcott -- His Life as a Dog / Rebecca Mead -- Your Face on the Dog's Neck / Anne Sexton -- Rich Bitch / Jeffrey Toobin -- Small-Town Life / George W. S. Trow -- Tallyho! / E. J. Kahn, Jr. -- Show Dog / Susan Orlean -- The Unruly Thoughts of The Dog Trainer's Lover / Elizabeth MacKlin -- Real Dogs / Richard Cohen -- LA Forza Del Alpo / Roger Angell -- Monologue of A Dog Ensnared in History / Wislawa Szymborska -- Scratch and Sniff / Ian Frazier -- Dogology / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- Dogtown / Ben McGrath -- Fanciers / George W. S. Trow -- Dog Race / Roald Dahl -- UNDERDOGS -- The Departure of Emma Inch / James Thurber -- Lost Dog / Susan Orlean -- Tapka / David Bezmozgis -- The Promotion / James Tate -- Pet Scan / Jerome Groopman -- The Dog / Roddy Doyle --Contents note continued: Line and Tree / A. J. Liebling -- The Door on West Tenth Street / Maeve Brennan -- Red Dog / Dave Smith -- Obedience / Joan Acocella -- Dog on A Chain / Charles Simic -- Reach For The Sky / Jim Shepard -- Shaggy-Dog Story / Kate Julian -- Deaths of Distant Friends / John Updike -- "Das Mitbringen Von Hunden IST Polizeilich Verboten" / David Daiches -- V.I.P. Treatment / Ben McGrath -- The American Dog in Crisis / Calvin Tomkins -- Ava's Apartment / Jonathan Lethem -- A Note on Thurber's Dogs / Adam Gopnik.
ISBN:
9780679644750
Dewey class:
636.7
LC class:
SF426.2
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
154207
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Home and Lifestyle | HOME 636.7 BIGFolio | Available |