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Dog-eared: Poems About Humanity's Best Friend
I'd like to add two more things, as the saying goes, that we can count on: dogs and poetry. The subtitle of Wu's edited collection says it all in one word—humanity. It's been a long year, and we should all treat ourselves to thoughts and words about an animal that can teach us all a thing or two about what it means to be human.
From Homer to Wordsworth to Gwendolyn Brooks, learn about history's greatest writers and the furry best friends that inspired them.
Dogs are at once among the most ordinary of animals and the most beloved by mankind. But what we may not realize is that for as long as we have loved dogs, our poets have been seriously engaged with them as well.
In this collection, English professor Duncan Wu digs into the wealth of poetry about our furry friends to show how varied and intimate our relationships...
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