Why We Live with Animals
Poems by Alvin Greenberg

Why We Live with Animals is a collection of more than sixty humorous sonnets that meditate, elaborate, equivocate, and explicate on the question of why we live with animals. Pigs, cats, dogs, and chickadees parade across these pages as objects of love, table conversation, protectors, companions, and spectators of our souls. Complemented by original wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec, this book is the perfect gift for the literate animal lover.

Alvin Greenberg lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota with his dog, Daisy, and his cat, Nora. Born in Cincinnati and educated at the Universities of Cincinnati and Washington, he is the author of three novels including The Invention of the West, three short story collections including The Man in the Cardboard Mask from Coffee House, and numerous books of poetry, including Heavy Wings.

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