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THE PARTICULARS OF PETER
DNA tests, dance lessons, and other excuses to hang out with my perfect dog
THE PARTICULARS OF PETER is a funny exploration of the author's relationship with her sweet dog, Peter. A voicey hybrid of memoir and reporting, the book brings the reader in on the particulars of the author's dog while expanding their knowledge of dogs in general. From learning about Peter's DNA, to seeing if dogs can sense the presence of ghosts, THE PARTICULARS OF PETER will give readers a smart, entertaining respite from the harsh world of humans into the funny little world of dogs.
The author met Peter in the spring of 2017. He calm, puppy-eyed, with the heart of a poet and the soul of, also, a poet came to her first as a foster. He was unable to stay with his previously assigned foster for reasons that are none of your business, but which I will tell you were related to frequent urination. The rescue needed someone free of the sort of responsibilities that would force her to regularly leave the house for either work or socializing, and a writer was the natural choice.
The rescue did not allow fosters to adopt their foster dogs, and this became a problem when the author fell in love with Peter near-immediately. It remained a problem after the rescue denied her pathetic plea to please, please bend the rules and let her adopt him; it intensified after she had to meet with one of the other people who potentially wanted to adopt him.
She introduced herself to this guy, and he had one question. No, it was not, How did Peter get to be so perfect, oh my god? It was not, How does this sweet dog even exist? It was not, Can you believe our luck, not only getting to exist on the planet at the same time as this gentle soul, but even getting to spend some time with him? It was:
Is he good to stay home by himself?
The author hated that man. Truly and deeply, she hated him. She still does. He remains one of her greatest enemies even though she knows nothing about him other than that he wanted to adopt a dog, which is actually nice.
Eventually, through circumstances that remain mysterious to her even now, she was, after various hoops and 400 emails, allowed to adopt Peter. Her sweet, gentle, soft-eared friend. Her perfect little man young of face, old of soul, medium of age who she loves so much it makes her want to die.
Now, she wants to learn everything about him: his genetic makeup, whether or not he likes sports, whether or not he can talk, what kind of music he likes. And she wants to give him the best life she possibly can. THE PARTICULARS OF PETER will document heir adventures, through exciting trips and lessons, quiet moments of connection, and probably some failures, like when they try to become competitive canine dancers.
Kelly Conaboy is a writer in Brooklyn, New York. She currently works at New York Magazine 's The Cut, where her title is writer-at-large. Many people think this title means she does not receive health insurance or work full-time but, in fact, she does. She used to be the senior editor of Videogum, then she was a staff writer at Gawker, and then she was a writer at the Hairpin. Every one of those websites has since died. This is not because of Kelly.
She's been published by The Atlantic , the New Yorker , and the New York Times . Her humor piece for the New Yorker's Shouts & Murmurs section (titled If I Were a Ballerina ) was adapted for the New Yorker Radio Hour and read for air by Ellie Kemper . Tony Hawk taught her how to ollie , she debunked bay leaves , and investigated how men enter bathtubs . She captured the oral history of Bob Costas's pink eye , and made a large cinnamon roll , and she was one of the first to take a shot with Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz at the new Vanderpump Rules bar Tom Tom.
She's written a lot about her dog, Peter: she's spied on him , built him a gingerbread house that he could fit inside of , and slept beside him . The most notable example of Peter-themed writing is the Outline story What is my dog? which was syndicated by the Guardian , chosen as a Longreads of the week by Longreads , and featured in the New York Times section about What They're Reading . She most recently wrote about Peter in Hazlitt's end-of-year series, in a piece titled The Year in Dog.
The author met Peter in the spring of 2017. He calm, puppy-eyed, with the heart of a poet and the soul of, also, a poet came to her first as a foster. He was unable to stay with his previously assigned foster for reasons that are none of your business, but which I will tell you were related to frequent urination. The rescue needed someone free of the sort of responsibilities that would force her to regularly leave the house for either work or socializing, and a writer was the natural choice.
The rescue did not allow fosters to adopt their foster dogs, and this became a problem when the author fell in love with Peter near-immediately. It remained a problem after the rescue denied her pathetic plea to please, please bend the rules and let her adopt him; it intensified after she had to meet with one of the other people who potentially wanted to adopt him.
She introduced herself to this guy, and he had one question. No, it was not, How did Peter get to be so perfect, oh my god? It was not, How does this sweet dog even exist? It was not, Can you believe our luck, not only getting to exist on the planet at the same time as this gentle soul, but even getting to spend some time with him? It was:
Is he good to stay home by himself?
The author hated that man. Truly and deeply, she hated him. She still does. He remains one of her greatest enemies even though she knows nothing about him other than that he wanted to adopt a dog, which is actually nice.
Eventually, through circumstances that remain mysterious to her even now, she was, after various hoops and 400 emails, allowed to adopt Peter. Her sweet, gentle, soft-eared friend. Her perfect little man young of face, old of soul, medium of age who she loves so much it makes her want to die.
Now, she wants to learn everything about him: his genetic makeup, whether or not he likes sports, whether or not he can talk, what kind of music he likes. And she wants to give him the best life she possibly can. THE PARTICULARS OF PETER will document heir adventures, through exciting trips and lessons, quiet moments of connection, and probably some failures, like when they try to become competitive canine dancers.
Kelly Conaboy is a writer in Brooklyn, New York. She currently works at New York Magazine 's The Cut, where her title is writer-at-large. Many people think this title means she does not receive health insurance or work full-time but, in fact, she does. She used to be the senior editor of Videogum, then she was a staff writer at Gawker, and then she was a writer at the Hairpin. Every one of those websites has since died. This is not because of Kelly.
She's been published by The Atlantic , the New Yorker , and the New York Times . Her humor piece for the New Yorker's Shouts & Murmurs section (titled If I Were a Ballerina ) was adapted for the New Yorker Radio Hour and read for air by Ellie Kemper . Tony Hawk taught her how to ollie , she debunked bay leaves , and investigated how men enter bathtubs . She captured the oral history of Bob Costas's pink eye , and made a large cinnamon roll , and she was one of the first to take a shot with Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz at the new Vanderpump Rules bar Tom Tom.
She's written a lot about her dog, Peter: she's spied on him , built him a gingerbread house that he could fit inside of , and slept beside him . The most notable example of Peter-themed writing is the Outline story What is my dog? which was syndicated by the Guardian , chosen as a Longreads of the week by Longreads , and featured in the New York Times section about What They're Reading . She most recently wrote about Peter in Hazlitt's end-of-year series, in a piece titled The Year in Dog.
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