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Mazza's bizarre 90s characters communicate better with their dogs than their lovers. Rich detail, dramatic conclusion!
Price: $13.95
Pages: 288
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Imprint: Coffee House Press
Publication Date:
01 May 1997
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781566890557
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
“The connection Cris Mazza makes between dogs and their people is startling, hilarious, comforting, and terrifying. Dog People is an ingenious novel from a storyteller who is clearly an authority in more than one animal realm.”—Valerie Sayers, author of Brain Fever
“One of the most impressive America novelists of our contemporary age.” —Spectrum Review
“[Mazza's] talent as an imaginative storyteller is demonstrated by her ability to deeply engage the reader from the very first page.” —Midwest Book Review
“One of the most impressive America novelists of our contemporary age.” —Spectrum Review
“[Mazza's] talent as an imaginative storyteller is demonstrated by her ability to deeply engage the reader from the very first page.” —Midwest Book Review
Cris Mazza is the author of How to Leave a Country, Your Name Here: ___, Exposed, Dog People, and Is It Sexual Harassment Yet? She was also co-editor of Chick-Lit: Postfeminist Fiction (1995), and Chick-Lit 2 (No Chick Vics) (1996). Mazza’s fiction has been reviewed numerous times in the New York Times Book Review, Wall Street Journal, Ms. Magazine, Chicago Tribune Books, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Voice Literary Supplement, and many other book review publications.
A native of Southern California, Cris Mazza grew up in San Diego County. She is a graduate of San Diego State University and Brooklyn College. Mazza has taught fiction writing at UC San Diego, and was Writer in Residence at Austin Peay State University and at Allegheny College. Since 1993 Mazza has lived outside Chicago. She is a professor in and director of the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In spring 2000 Mazza was the Chairholder in Creative Writing in the MFA program at the University of Alabama, and was an NEA grant recipient in 2000-2001.
A native of Southern California, Cris Mazza grew up in San Diego County. She is a graduate of San Diego State University and Brooklyn College. Mazza has taught fiction writing at UC San Diego, and was Writer in Residence at Austin Peay State University and at Allegheny College. Since 1993 Mazza has lived outside Chicago. She is a professor in and director of the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In spring 2000 Mazza was the Chairholder in Creative Writing in the MFA program at the University of Alabama, and was an NEA grant recipient in 2000-2001.