ARGONAUT BOOKS

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. Over the course of 16 years together, Myles was devoted to the pit bull and their linked quality of life. 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. At the same time, it reimagines Myles's experiences with alcoholism and recovery, intimacy and mourning, celebrity and politics, spiri...Read More