Afterglow (a dog memoir)

"A ravishingly strange and gorgeous book about a dog that's really about life and everything there is…astonishing." —Helen Macdonald, New York Times-bestselling author of H Is for Hawk

In 1990, poet Eileen Myles chose Rosie from a litter of pit bulls on the street, and their connection instantly became central to the writer's life and work. During the course of their sixteen years together, Myles was madly devoted to the dog's well-being, especially in her final days. Starting from the empt...