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Threshold and the Jolt of Pain
Turtles that “loom underwater like an apocryphal hippo,” or walk like some “grand, concise, slow-moving id; lions that roar “like pianos pushed along on hollow floors;” dogs with “epistolary anal glands”—Edward Hoagland’s writing is crammed with such similes and metaphors, … Continue reading
Dogs and the Tug of Life
The chances of me ever owning a dog are slim to none, though not having one is one of my wife’s constant complaints. “Everyone has a dog but me!” She’s fond of the exaggeration, saying it in half—but only half—jest. I … Continue reading
A Low Water Man
—This articles is part of a series on The Arts of the Essay— “Leave the astronauts out of it, or the paratroop teams that free-fall for 10,000 feet…Leave out the six people who have survived the 220-foot fall from the … Continue reading