Dogs of Brooklyn is Susie DeFord’s fresh poetic narrative about her colorful life as a dog trainer and walker in Brooklyn, NY.
“Susie DeFord’s DOGS OF BROOKLYN is a high-energy homage to a neighborhood, a borough, and a city. It offers a lament for the city’s “becoming like the suburban sprawl we all fled here to escape” while also standing as proof of the city’s vitality, its ongoing possibility for poetry. Full of dicey humor and uncommon open-heartedness for human and non-human animals alike, DOGS OF BROOKLYN celebrates the blessed state of being both one and numerous.” –Maggie Nelson, author
DeFord offers a unique perspective on life with dogs in the city, and critics are taking notice.
“Susie DeFord’s exhilarating Dogs of Brooklyn brims with the energy of the city (and animals) she loves. The writing is vigorous, the perceptions acute, and the feelings infectious. A terrific debut.” –John Koethe, author
Set against an urban backdrop, the book will certainly appeal to city dwellers, and may also find an enthusiastic audience with rural dog lovers who are curious about how ‘the other half’ lives.
“This book is studded with sonnets that thrill with their funk mixed with sophisticated end rhymes. DeFord gives us her streets and people in a roller coaster ride of sense images—dogs, crazies, Laundromat ladies, with a sprinkling of yuppie moms—and seems to be saying we’re all animals in this world, and it’s a glorious and messy street party day and night.” –Barbara Hamby
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