Writers and Their Cats

Alison Nastasi

The Cat’s Meow – Why do cat owners love their cats? Well, as Jean Cocteau wrote, “I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” This heartwarming book showcases photographs of 45 writers and their little lions, while also providing a brief written snapshot of each writer. Charles Bukowski writes in a letter to his friend Carl Weissner, “I don’t like love as a command, as a search. It must come to you, like a hungry cat at the door.” Colette notes, “There are no ordinary cats.” Ernest Hemingway praises felines: “A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feels, but a cat does not.”