"This book is a limited edition." -- Title page verso.
Contents:
Introduction / Mary Logan Wolf. Bobcat Magic / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Naming the animals ; The animals review Pictures of a Vanished Race / Julia Alvarez -- Pretty girl / Blake Bailey -- Those who refuse to be chosen / Rick Bass -- My warrior / P. C. Cast -- Frog patrol and turtle dashing / Wayne Coyne -- Rocky ride / Kim Doner -- Dogs / Delia Ephron -- A migrant's story / Reyna Grande -- Redbird love ; In honor of Mo who is our cat, and we are hers / Joy Harjo -- Moonbow / Amy Hempel -- Letter to Sudan : last white male rhino on earth / Juan Felipe Herrera -- Baby horse / S. E. Hinton -- Sunlight travelers / Brandon Hobson -- A spooky moment around which the entire story revolves / Dean Koontz -- Doggy prayers and wishes / Jill McCorkle -- The one-eyed dog / Teresa Miller -- The bear ; On the Neva / N. Scott Momaday -- Jubilate: an homage in Catterel verse / Joyce Carol Oates -- Dog memory / Susan Orlean -- Animals and art / Ron Padgett -- Prey ; Quarrel of sparrows / Elise Paschen -- The emperor Maxie / Diane Rehm -- Griffin / Jewell Parker Rhodes -- Christmas cookie / Wade Rouse -- Baboons and opera / Alexander McCall Smith -- Shadow / Lalita Tademy -- Peru and Saturday afternoon horses / Clifton Taulbert -- Touchstone / Michael Wallis -- Bobcat Magic / Mary Logan Wolf.
Summary:
"This new anthology of poems and prose, Love Can Be: A Literary Collection About Our Animals, is proof of what love can be, as thirty acclaimed authors join together to champion life in all its forms. This is their gift to the world, not just the artistry of their words, but their vision of an extended community that includes cats, birds, frogs, butterflies, bears, dogs, raccoons, horses--a full-out menagerie of being that enriches us all."--Publisher's description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.