<i>Dog Years</i> is about dogs, which is to say, it is about everything we cannot talk about. Although Mark Doty manages to write about what he calls "the unsayable" about our relationships with animals, and about unspeakable times of loss, <i>Dog Years</i> is not a dark book. It is illuminated from within by generous wonder.
Louise Erdrich
<i>Dog Years</i> shows both the abundant pleasures and unavoidable heartbreak of loving people, life, and especially dogs. As someone who is in love with a dog, I found this book to be an oracle of truth. For those who have yet to love a dog, it will be a revelation.
Ann Patchett
Mark Doty moves lyrically from the weight of a dog's head in one's hand to the enduring questions of religion, the soul, and connection. Evocative, compassionate, a love story both intimate and grand, this is a beautiful book.
Amy Hempel
<p>A wounding yet arresting memoir about living with his dogs - simply sublime</p>
Washington Post
The beauty has a flooding effect that reverberates outward from the heart...Doty makes the unsayable sayable, bringing the ungraspable within our reach.
Los Angeles Times