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Steve Donoghue’s posts from the original Open Letters Monthly Archives.

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November 24, 2017

Book Review: The First Domestication

November 24, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

The ancient partnership between humans and canines is the subject of a thorough new volume of research

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dogs, nature, November 2017, science, Steve Donoghue, the first domestication
October 31, 2017

Man's Pest Friend

October 31, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

Only one dog out of every five on Earth is somebody's pet; the rest are roamers in streets and city dumps. A fascinating new book looks at the lives of the canine majority.

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dogs, nature, November 2017, Steve Donoghue
July 27, 2016

Book Review: Pound for Pound

July 27, 2016/ Steve Donoghue

An emotionally and physically damaged young woman finds healing by helping some of the most unlucky dogs on Earth in Shannon Kopp's touching new book

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dogs, July 2016, open letters weekly 16, pound for pound, shannon kopp
October 01, 2015

Book Review: The Dogist

October 01, 2015/ Steve Donoghue

Armed with camera and tennis balls, a young photographer takes informal portraits of the dogs he meets. The Instagram sensation "The Dogist" is now a book.

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dogs, elias weiss friedman, October 2015, open letters weekly 15, photography, the dogist
July 20, 2014

Book Review: Travels with Casey

July 20, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

An enterprising young writer takes his dog on a road-trip around America in search of all the dog-crazy people the country can provide

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benoit denizet-lewis, dogs, July 2014, open letters weekly, travels with casey
December 29, 2013

Book Review: Beautiful Old Dogs

December 29, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

Touching photos and essays testify to the wonder of old dogs

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beautiful old dogs, david tabatsky, December 2013, dogs, garry gross, open letters weekly
December 04, 2012

Book Review: The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs

December 04, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

Perfect for the dog-lover on your gift list: a great big new dog-themed anthology from the vaults of the New Yorker

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December 04, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
adam gopnick, big new yorker book of dogs, burkhard bilger, cathleen schine, cesar milan, December 2012, dogs, e- j- kahn, edward sorel, george booth, george steiner, helen hokinson, james thurber, jules feiffer, maeve brennan, Malcolm Gladwell, Marjorie Garber, mary patty, peter arno, peter de seve, susan orlean, william steig
September 24, 2012 September 24, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

Dog-torturer Michael Vick writes a triumphalist come-back memoir.

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autobiography, dog-fighting, dogs, finally free, michael vick, September 2012
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