The Big New Yorker Book of Cats

by The New Yorker Magazine

Other authors: Margaret Atwood (Contributor), Thomas Beller (Contributor), Sally Benson (Contributor), Burkhard Bilger (Contributor), Elizabeth Bishop (Contributor) — 56 more, Michael Boland (Cover designer), T. Coraghessan Boyle (Contributor), Maeve Brennan (Contributor), John Brooks (Contributor), William Caslon (Font designer), Henri Cole (Contributor), Henry S.F. Cooper (Contributor), Roald Dahl (Contributor), M.F.K. Fisher (Contributor), Wolcott Gibbs (Contributor), Brendan Gill (Contributor), Dana Goodyear (Contributor), Robert Graves (Contributor), Emily Hahn (Contributor), Vicki Hearne (Contributor), Hendrik Hertzberg (Contributor), Ted Hughes (Contributor), Weldon Kees (Contributor), Jamaica Kincaid (Contributor), E.F. Kinkead (Contributor), Katharine T. Kinkead (Contributor), Anthony Lane (Foreword), Ariel Levy (Contributor), Ivy Litvinov (Contributor), Patricia Marx (Contributor), William Matthews (Contributor), Peter Matthiessen (Contributor), Lois Metzger (Contributor), Steven Millhauser (Contributor), John Montague (Contributor), Paul Muldoon (Contributor), Haruki Murakami (Contributor), Susan Orlean (Contributor), Amy Ozols (Contributor), Robert Pinsky (Contributor), J.F. Powers (Contributor), Alastair Reid (Contributor), Jean Rhys (Contributor), Selma Robinson (Contributor), Kay Ryan (Contributor), David Schickler (Contributor), Susan Sheehan (Contributor), Tom Sleigh (Contributor), George Steiner (Contributor), David G. Stevenson (Cover artist), Robert Sullivan (Contributor), Bernard Taper (Contributor), James Thurber (Contributor), Calvin Trillin (Contributor), Susan Turner (Designer), John Updike (Contributor), Sylvia Townsend Warner (Contributor), E. B. White (Contributor), Wallace White (Contributor), Thomas Whiteside (Contributor), Franz Wright (Contributor)

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Covers, cartoons, authors of pieces both longer and shorter, reflect current views of the feline subject in all its glory, and sometimes disgrace, as well as those of bygone days. Poets like Ted Hughes and Robert Graves sit alongside contributions from the magazine's former regular columnists--e.g., James Thurber's 1952 post-party tale "The Case of Dimity Ann" and E.B White's informative "How To Make a Cat Trap" (1930). Included in this generous collection are big cats, lost cats, Army cats, bookstore and even wine-shop cats, cat therapists, a cat man, catsitters and cat savers.… (more)

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Excellent collection of The New Yorker cartoons about cats and stories about the cartoons. Highly enjoyable for a cast lover. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
The New Yorker Magazine	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Atwood, Margaret	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Beller, Thomas	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Benson, Sally	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bilger, Burkhard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bishop, Elizabeth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Boland, Michael	Cover designer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Boyle, T. Coraghessan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brennan, Maeve	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brooks, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Caslon, William	Font designer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cole, Henri	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cooper, Henry S.F.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dahl, Roald	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fisher, M.F.K.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gibbs, Wolcott	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gill, Brendan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Goodyear, Dana	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Graves, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hahn, Emily	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hearne, Vicki	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hertzberg, Hendrik	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hughes, Ted	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kees, Weldon	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kincaid, Jamaica	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kinkead, E.F.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kinkead, Katharine T.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lane, Anthony	Foreword	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Levy, Ariel	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Litvinov, Ivy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Marx, Patricia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Matthews, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Matthiessen, Peter	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Metzger, Lois	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Millhauser, Steven	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Montague, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Muldoon, Paul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Murakami, Haruki	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Orlean, Susan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ozols, Amy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pinsky, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Powers, J.F.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Reid, Alastair	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rhys, Jean	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Robinson, Selma	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ryan, Kay	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Schickler, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sheehan, Susan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sleigh, Tom	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Steiner, George	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stevenson, David G.	Cover artist	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sullivan, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Taper, Bernard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Thurber, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Trillin, Calvin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Turner, Susan	Designer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Updike, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Warner, Sylvia Townsend	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
White, E. B.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
White, Wallace	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Whiteside, Thomas	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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Death of a Favorite [short story] by J. F. Powers

Defection of a Favorite [short story] by J. F. Powers

Town of Cats by Haruki Murakami

Army Cats: Poems by Tom Sleigh

Edward the Conqueror [short story] by Roald Dahl

Tooth and Claw by T.C. Boyle

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Covers, cartoons, authors of pieces both longer and shorter, reflect current views of the feline subject in all its glory, and sometimes disgrace, as well as those of bygone days. Poets like Ted Hughes and Robert Graves sit alongside contributions from the magazine's former regular columnists--e.g., James Thurber's 1952 post-party tale "The Case of Dimity Ann" and E.B White's informative "How To Make a Cat Trap" (1930). Included in this generous collection are big cats, lost cats, Army cats, bookstore and even wine-shop cats, cat therapists, a cat man, catsitters and cat savers.

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Anthology contains:

Fat Cats
- Death of a Favorite / J.F. Powers
- The Case of Dimity Ann / James Thurber
- Defence of Cats / Wolcott Gibbs
- The Smoker / David Schickler
- Colloquy / Weldon Kees
- Cat Story / Jamaica Kincaid
- The Wineshop Cat / Sylvia Townsend Warner
- Bookstore Cat / Susan Sheehan
- Tomcat / Ted Hughes
- Din-Din [excerpt] / Thomas Whiteside
- Paunch / Paul Muldoon
- Defection of a Favorite / J.F. Powers
Alley Cats
- The cats / John Updike
- Day and Age / Dana Goodyear
- A Cat in Every Home / Katharine T. Kinkead
- Cat House / Maeve Brennan
- Town of Cats / Haruki Murakami
- Cat's Robo-Cradle / Margaret Atwood
- Lady of the Cats / Wolcott Gibbs and E.F. Kinkead
- Army Cats / Tom Sleigh
- Crouching Tiger, Trembling Penguin / Robert Sullivan
- How to Make a Cat Trap / E.B. White
- The Cat-Savers / Wallace White
- A Dull, Ordinary, Normal Life in Manhattan / Bernard Taper
- Cat Goddess / Robert Graves
Cat Fanciers
- Tiger in the Snow / Peter Matthiessen
- Where I Live / Amy Ozols
- Intercat / Hendrik Hertzberg
- The Last Meow / Burkhard Bilger
- Propinquity / Alastair Reid
- The Cattery / Henry S.F. Cooper
- The Lady and the Tigers / Susan Orlean
- The Cloister / William Matthews
- Cat Fantasia / Thomas Beller
- Cat-Sitting / John Brooks
- Myself with Cats / Henri Cole
- Cat Man [excerpt] / George Steiner
- The Pet / Sally Benson
- Door / Robert Pinsky
- On the Death of a Cat / Franz Wright
- Attention: Lost Cat / Patricia Marx
- Living Room Leopards / Ariel Levy
Curious Cats
- Edward the Conqueror / Roald Dahl
- The Paw of a Cat / Kay Ryan
- A Cat, a Future / Kay Ryan
- Questions About Language—Cats / Vicki Hearne
- Kitten in a Graveyard / Selma Robinson
- Tooth and Claw / T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Wet Thursday / Weldon Kees
- Bluebell Regained / Brendan Gill
- Kikimora / Jean Rhys
- Old Woman / Ivy Litvinov
- Electrical Storm / Elizabeth Bishop
- Getting Through to the Others [excerpt] / Emily Hahn
- Guardians / John Montague
- Cat Therapist / Lois Metzger
- Cat 'n' Mouse / Steven Millhauser