Dog Hearted: Essays on Our Fierce and Familiar Companions

Could've easily been kitschy and boring, but was actually deeply felt and interesting. Though many of the essays read like they were from the same writer hiding behind different alter egos. And almost all of them were more about their respective author than the dog itself. While I get why, it would've been nice to have at least one piece that looked at a dog as it is, on its own terms, as a creature that is not just a reflection of its human. Just as it was refreshing to have the funny piece by Ned Beauman, or the historic look by Chris Pearson, amid mostly melancholic ones.