![]() An ode to Myles’ 16 years with their beloved pitbull, Rosie, Afterglow opens with Rosie’s decline and death and thereafter wanders through time and space, itself like the unhurried ambling of a dog. To help a beloved dog die is the final act of this kind of care.Įileen Myles’ extraordinary Afterglow (a dog memoir) emerges from the wound of this loss. But caring for a dog means speaking on behalf of an animal who cannot speak. This is what haunts me: the anticipation of a death for which I’ll bear ultimate responsibility. Assuming good health and good fortune, my fiancée and I will decide the time of her end. It’s not just that it’s nearer or that I’ll live to the other side, where silence will replace the dashing of her paws across the floors. ![]() Fear of my dog’s death preoccupies me more than fear of my own. ![]()
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