![]() Myles equates their childhood desire to own a dog with the want to be seen decades later, once they owned a dog of their own, they question whether dog ownership is inherently cruel. To the extent that there is a central story, it begins when Myles’s parents return their brand-new puppy to its breeder one night, because it barked and whined. Beyond that, both aim to catalog life in gritty, naturalistic stills that, when amassed over time, form a lyrical whole, like a good grunge song." More from there:Īfterglow, like Myles’s 1994 novel Chelsea Girls, is a series of vignettes, which vary in tone, setting, and point of view. ![]() ![]() Superficially, both turn a loving eye toward their dogs - Honey and Myles’s first dog Rosie. Crum writes: "Those who follow their feed will notice similarities between the writer’s social media activity and their latest book, Afterglow (a dog memoir). ![]() And since Afterglow is a "dog memoir," plenty of pups make an appearance as well. Up today at the Los Angeles Review of Books is Maddie Crum's look into Eileen Myles's latest book, Afterglow, with an eye toward Myles's ongoing project of capturing slices of life through the poet's Instagram feed. ![]()
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