Hardworking GalleyCats have inspired generations of writers. In the case of one well-known author, the cat may have helped a poet and novelist land a reprint deal.
Ira Wood, a longtime GalleyCat reader and author of “So You Want to Write,” emailed us this photograph. He explained: “Attached is a photo of Marge Piercy’s Abyssinian cat Puck cozying up to an old battered edition of her first volume of selected poems, “Circles on the Water.” Knopf obviously took the hint, decided to reprint the thirteenth edition of Circles on the Water and a new Marge Piercy New and Selected Poems, to be released in 2011.”
Welcome to GalleyCat’s annual literary pet parade, a publishing holiday tradition established by former senior editor Ron Hogan during his four-year tenure at this blog. For a few crazy days, GalleyCat readers and their pets rule the blog. Follow this link to read more about the annual photo spread and find out where our former senior editor is headed next.