{"id":389,"date":"2021-05-17T22:03:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T22:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susanorlean.com\/author\/?page_id=389"},"modified":"2021-09-10T22:19:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T22:19:03","slug":"on-animals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.susanorlean.com\/author\/on-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"On Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Animals<\/h1>\n

The first book I ever wrote was called <\/span>Herbert the Near-sighted Pigeon<\/span><\/i>, which was produced in an edition of one and distributed on the kitchen table to my parents. I was five years old. Since then, I\u2019ve returned to the subject of animals again and again. I am endlessly curious about what their lives are like and how we live with them, and I\u2019m fascinated by how we navigate the fuzzy, puzzling divide between wild and tame.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Animals<\/span><\/i> is a collection of my favorites of those pieces. They range from stories about lions to tigers to panda bears and beyond; profiles of dogs and donkeys; meditations on what it\u2019s like to raise chickens and care for whales. These are stories about animals that star in movies and animals that go to war and animals that are celebrated for being beautiful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I think I\u2019ll always have animals and I think I\u2019ll always write about them. Their unknowability challenges me. Our affection for them intrigues me. I try to resist the urge to anthropomorphize them, but I do think animals know something we don\u2019t about living simply and purely. I\u2019m happy to be in their company.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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