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T. S. Eliot and the Science of Naming Cats
T. S. Eliot and the Science of Naming Cats
By Kathleen Cooper
September 25, 2014

One of the 20th century’s major poets provides keen insight into proper feline monikers.

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The Weirdest Christmas Card You Ever Got was Actually from President Bush
The Weirdest Christmas Card You Ever Got was Actually from President Bush
By Julia Langbein
December 23, 2013

Bush’s White House Christmas videos starring his Scottish Terrier are the gifts that keep on giving.

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Quilling Theodore Dreiser Down a Peg: Clementine the Hedgehog on Her New Book
Quilling Theodore Dreiser Down a Peg: Clementine the Hedgehog on Her New Book
By Arvind Dilawar
November 15, 2013

Tumblr literary critic of note and real life hedgehog Clementine discusses her new book, Clementine Classics: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser.

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Clementine Classics: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Clementine Classics: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
By Clementine The Hedgehog
November 12, 2013

Clementine the Hedgehog takes Dreiser's classic American novel to task with keen insight, dark humor and cut-the-crap commentary.

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Declawed: A Look at the World of Pet Fashion
Declawed: A Look at the World of Pet Fashion
By Kate Gavino
August 13, 2013

Pets as accessories? No. Pets wearing accessories? Maybe.

 

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Infamous Store Cats: Tiny the Usurper of Community Bookstore
Infamous Store Cats: Tiny the Usurper of Community Bookstore
By Freddie Moore
June 28, 2013

New York’s furriest on hit lists, bringing down the music industry, and afternoon naps. — this week, we’re visiting the city’s most infamous shop cats.

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Infamous Store Cats: Hayes & Rainer from Spoonbill & Sugartown Books
Infamous Store Cats: Hayes & Rainer from Spoonbill & Sugartown Books
By Freddie Moore
June 26, 2013

New York’s furriest on hit lists, bringing down the music industry, and afternoon naps. — this week, we’re visiting the city’s most infamous shop cats.

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Infamous Store Cats: Matilda from the Algonquin Hotel
Infamous Store Cats: Matilda from the Algonquin Hotel
By Freddie Moore
June 26, 2013

New York’s furriest on hit lists, bringing down the music industry and afternoon naps — this week, we’re visiting the city’s most infamous shop cats.

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Strange Finds: ‘Dragons: The Modern Infestation'
Strange Finds: ‘Dragons: The Modern Infestation'
By jake goldman
June 25, 2013

A take on an imagined dragon boom in the modern world with lots of fire, destruction, cattle-snatching and singing — what, you didn’t know dragons could sing?

 

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Infamous Store Cats: The Copy Cats from Park Slope Copy Center
Infamous Store Cats: The Copy Cats from Park Slope Copy Center
By Freddie Moore
June 25, 2013

New York’s furriest on hit lists, bringing down the music industry and afternoon naps — this week, we’re visiting the city’s most infamous shop cats.

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