Moving from an imaginary talk show where Rosie is interviewed by Myles's childhood puppet, to a critical reenactment of the night Rosie mated with another pit bull from shimmering poetic transcriptions of video footage taken during their walks, to Rosie's final enlightened narration from the afterlife, this totally singular text combines elements of science fiction, screenplay, monologue, and lucid memory to get to the heart of how and why we dedicate our existence to our dogs. And starting from the emptiness following Rosie's death, Afterglow launches a playful and incisive investigation into the mostly mutually beneficial, sometimes reprehensible power dynamics between pet and pet-owner.Īt the same time, it reimagines Myles's experiences with alcoholism and recovery, intimacy and mourning, celebrity and politics, spirituality and family history, while joyously transcending the parameters of memoir. Over the course of sixteen years together, Myles was devoted to the pit bull and their linked quality of life. Skinnys Book of the Year, 2018In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly made an. I collected phone numbers and put them in my book.
E very now and then when I walked Rosie some guy would ask me whether I wanted to stud her and I always said I did, someday. Myles is a poet and the author of twenty books.
Moving from an imaginary talk show where Rosie is interviewed by Myles's childhood puppet to a critical reenactment of the night Rosie mated with another pit bull, from lyrical transcriptions of their walks to Rosie's enlightened narration from the afterlife, Afterglow (a dog memoir) illuminates all that it can mean when we dedicate our existence to a dog.In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly made an indelible impact on the writer's way of being. By Eileen Myles, from Afterglow (A Dog Memoir), which was published last month by Grove Press. Through this lens, we witness Myles's experiences with intimacy and spirituality, celebrity and politics, alcoholism and recovery, fathers and family history, as well as the fantastical myths we spin to get to the heart of grief. Starting from the emptiness following Rosie's death, Afterglow (a dog memoir) launches a heartfelt and fabulist investigation into the true nature of the bond between pet and pet-owner. During the course of their sixteen years together, Myles was madly devoted to the dog's wellbeing, especially in her final days.
In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly became central to the writer's life and work. This newest book paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of a beloved confidant: the pit bull called Rosie. Prolific and widely renowned, Eileen Myles is a trailblazer whose decades of literary and artistic work "set a bar for openness, frankness, and variability few lives could ever match" ( New York Review of Books).
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