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Ken Foster

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Williamsport, PA, The United States

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Ken Foster is the author of a memoir, The Dogs Who Found Me, which was a national bestseller. His collection of short stories, The Kind I'm Likely to Get, was a New York Times Notable Book. He is also the author of Dogs I Have Met, a collection of essays, and the editor of two anthologies, The KGB Bar Reader and Dog Culture. His work has been translated into German, Turkish and Arabic, and has appeared in The New York Times, Bark, Fence, The Village Voice, Newsday, Salon, and other publications. He lives in New Orleans. ...more

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	The Dogs Who Found Me: What I've Learned From Pets Who Were Left Behind 4.05 avg rating — 2,968 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'm a Good Dog: Pit Bulls, America's Most Beautiful (and Misunderstood) Pet 4.52 avg rating — 663 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dogs I Have Met: And The People They Found 4.10 avg rating — 725 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kind I'm Likely To Get: A Collection 3.70 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The KGB Bar Reader 3.74 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City of Dogs: New York Dogs, Their Neighborhoods, and the People Who Love Them by Ken Foster (Goodreads Author), Traer Scott (Photographer) 4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dog Culture: Writers On The Character Of Canines 3.61 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dogs I have met/Dogs who found me 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dogs Who Found Me: What I've Learned from Pets Who Were Left Behind 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pandemic, with Dogs: Two essays it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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City of Dogs is now a podcast

A few weeks ago, I launched the City of Dogs podcast, talking with people and dogs from my City of Dogs book about their neighborhoods and how they are coping in the midst of this extended pandemic. We also have some special guests along the way, including dog park experts talking about community and compassion fatigue experts advising us on dealing with stress. You can listen here or on Spotify Read more of this blog post »

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Darling Days

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A Book of American Martyrs

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Follow Me into the Dark

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“And it made me nervous, because I'm the kind of person who should be kept away from romance, the way certain people should be kept away from guns or sharp knives.”
― Ken Foster, The Kind I'm Likely To Get: A Collection

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“There's a strange intimacy between a lost animal and the person who finds him. In terms of time, what you've shared is tiny and insignificant, but that moment is a vital pivot in the animal's life, the line between his old life and a better, new one. In some cases that fine line is the one between life and death.”
― Ken Foster, The Dogs Who Found Me: What I've Learned from Pets Who Were Left Behind

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“She's a pit bull," I told them, making sure to say it as matterof-factly as I could. But no matter how I said the words, the parents always took the children by the hand and led them away. People hear about pit bulls, but often they have no idea what they really are-that they used to be considered nanny dogs, trusted members of the family. Or that even when they do have issues, it's not with people but with other dogs. The breed may attract a higher number of dubious owners, but the breed itself should be judged on its own.”
― Ken Foster, The Dogs Who Found Me: What I've Learned from Pets Who Were Left Behind

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