Eileen Myles signs and discusses “Afterglow (a dog memoir)”

Left Bank Books welcomes acclaimed poet and author Eileen Myles, who will sign and discuss her new book, "Afterglow (a dog memoir)"! This event is free and open to the public, but proof of purchase of "Afterglow" from Left Bank Books will be required to enter the signing line. Prolific and widely renowned, Eileen Myles is a trailblazer whose decades of literary and artistic work “set a bar for openness, frankness, and variability few lives could ever match” (New York Review of Books). This newest book paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of a beloved confidant: the pit bull called Rosie. In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly became central to the writer’s life and work. During the course of their sixteen years together, Myles was madly devoted to the dog’s wellbeing, especially in her final days. Starting from the emptiness following Rosie’s death, "Afterglow (a dog memoir) "launches a heartfelt and fabulist investigation into the true nature of the bond between pet and pet-owner.