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Afterglow

A Dog Memoir

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Afterglow

By: Eileen Myles
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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). This newest book paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of a beloved confidant: the pit bull called Rosie.

In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly became central to the writer's life and work. During the course of their 16 years together, Myles was madly devoted to the dog's well-being, especially in her final days. Starting from the emptiness following Rosie's death, Afterglow launches a heartfelt and fabulist investigation into the true nature of the bond between pet and pet owner. Through this lens, we witness Myles' 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.

Moving from an imaginary talk show where Rosie is interviewed by Myles' 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 illuminates all that it can mean when we dedicate our existence to a dog.

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©2017 Eileen Myles (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Wow! What an unexpected stunner! This book kept me enthralled, amused, inspired for many walks and drives- what a delight to be able to hear Eileen Myles telling me stories in my ear! Because they are such a gifted reader / speaker, this book has a whole other dimension and is a true gift of enlightened spicy snarky queer tenderness and comedy. A must for any EM fan. And it’s way more than a book about a dog. It’s all about love, life and the meaning of both and so much more.

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