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Posted inEditor's Pick

How Much Would You Pay to Save Your Cat’s Life?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 28, 2022November 29, 2022

“For $15,000, you can get your pet a new kidney.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Day My Wartime Cat Went Missing

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 14, 2022October 19, 2022

“Time to leave it all behind — the people, the country, the war — and return to America, cats in tow.”

Posted inNonfiction

Don’t F**K With the Pet Detectives

by Longreads March 9, 2021October 12, 2022

To catch a serial killer.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Cats and Dogs Who Eat Cats and Dogs

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 15, 2021October 19, 2022

“Pets, like humans, don’t expect the call of the wild to arrive in their faces.”

Posted inReading List

I Will Outlive My Cat: A Reading List on Pet Death

by Alison Fishburn September 24, 2019October 19, 2022

Alison Fishburn shares seven longreads on how humans experience the death of their pets.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Year of the Cat

by Sari Botton June 2, 2019October 19, 2022

A personal essay in which Elisabeth Donnelly looks back at a relationship with a wily cat during a lonely time in upstate New York.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

The Year of the Cat

by coolladycoolladycoolladycoollady May 31, 2019October 19, 2022

Elisabeth Donnelly looks back at a relationship with a wily cat during a lonely time in upstate New York.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

The Year of the Cat

by coolladycoolladycoolladycoollady May 31, 2019October 19, 2022

Elisabeth Donnelly looks back at a relationship with a wily cat during a lonely time in upstate New York.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

On Asylums

by Lisa Chen February 22, 2019October 19, 2022

A problematic cat offered more insight into the author’s ailing father than you’d think.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

Blame It All on Tibbles: The Case for Keeping Fifi Indoors

by Krista Stevens May 11, 2018October 19, 2022

At Smithsonian Magazine, Rachel E. Gross explores why keeping your pet cat inside is for the birds.

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