HUMAN ANIMALS CARRY DEEP AMBIVALENCE TOWARD OTHER ANIMALS.
More than a few things you need to know..
Many things you ought to know.
Some things you didn\'t want to know about Working in an Animal shelter.
Told with curiosity and a deep concern for reciprocity, Brown\'s unique stories reveal mysteries that are bigger than you or me.
Making connections in jumps and starts, we humans are just beginning to consider the perspectives and the agency of other living beings.
Our corporeal teachers, Animal beings open our senses of sight, smell and touch, offering gifts of mutual recognition, regard and empathy.
Animals and humans thrive in our unique entanglement, framed by love and awe.
The encounters in these Reality Fiction tales highlight the vulnerability of being present with and for animals at those intersections where there are few traffic signals.
From gangster to opera star, Vietnam veteran to Nob Hill lady, academic to meth addict, our lives intersect with animals\' lives in cities, towns and rural areas.
And some of us, through all of this, say we love them.
We also hunt them, ride them, stuff them, wear their fur, walk on their skin, live with them, train them and display them; we dominate them for our benefit, humanize and demonize them.
One major thing: We eat them.
HUMAN ANIMALS CARRY DEEP AMBIVALENCE TOWARD OTHER ANIMALS
