ASU Book Group: 'Dog Is Love' by Clive Wynne
The ASU Book Group's December 2020 reading selection is "Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You" by Clive Wynne. The book group is open to all in the ASU community and meets monthly from noon–1 p.m. on Zoom during fall semester 2020. The spring meeting locations are TBD. Haven't read the book? Come anyway! Authors are always present.
Meeting ID: 915 9528 3813 | Password: 795078
Synopsis:
Drawing on cutting-edge studies from his lab and others around the world, Wynne shows that affection is the very essence of dogs, from their faces and tails to their brains, hormones, even DNA. This scientific revolution is revealing more about dogs' unique origins, behavior, needs and hidden depths than we ever imagined possible. "Dogs have the ability to love the most improbable people and to evoke in people who have difficulty loving other people ... an affectionate response," said Wynne. (Please bring your dogs to this meeting.).
The book is available on amazon.com.
Clive Wynne is professor of psychology and founding director of the Canine Science Collaboratory at ASU.
The ASU Book Group meetings and selections for 2020–2021 are:
- Sep. 30 – David Sklar, “Atlas of Men”
- Oct. 28 – Joey Eschrich and Clark A. Miller, “The Weight of Light”
- Nov. 18 – Kelly deVos, “Fat Girl on a Plane”
- Dec. 16 – Clive Wynne, “Dog Is Love”
- Jan. 27 – Sally Ball, “Hold Sway”
- Feb. 24 – Emir Estrada, “Kids at Work”
- Mar. 31 – Kristin Grady Gilger and Julia Wallace, “There’s No Crying in Newsrooms”
- Apr. 28 – Elizabeth Horan, Carmen Urioste-Azcorra and Cynthia Tompkins, “Preciadas Cartas (1932-1979)”
The ASU Book Group is sponsored as a community outreach initiative by the Department of English and organized in partnership with the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing.