Gary Indiana's "Living with the Animals" (1994)

Boston, Massachusetts, US: Faber & Faber (book, anthology), 1994.
9.25" x 6.25" x 1", 250 pages, hardcover in dust jacket, ISBN 1-571-19850-3.

Living with the Animals, an anthology of writings on "the complicated relationship between humans and animals," as assembled and edited by Gary Indiana and published in hardcover by Faber & Faber (Boston, Massachusetts, US) in 1994. Jacket design by Mary Maurer. Jacket photograph by Jonn Sann.

William S. Burroughs contributes "Octopus" at pages 1-8.

To note: there is also a contribution by Dean Ripa, a friend of Burroughs and a professional snake handler.

Shoaf II.331.

Contents: 

• Gary Indiana: Introduction
• William S. Burroughs: "Octopus"
• Lars Eighner: "Lizbeth"
• Richard Ford: "Communist"
• Janet Hamill: "The Birds of the Air"
• Gary Indiana: "A Bird Left Out of Literature"
• Barbara Kruger: "What if Your Dog Has a Heart Attack?"
• Fran Lebowitz: "Pointers for Pets"
• Heather Lewis: "Fences"
• Faith McNulty: "Mouse"
• Taylor Mead: "My Twenty Cats"
• Leonard Michaels: "A Cat"
• Duane Michals: "Untitled"
• Dean Ripa: "Confessions of a Gaboon Viper Lover"
• Ann Rower: "The Crying Jag"
• Barbet Schroeder: "Koko, a Talking Gorilla"
• Hunt Slonem: "For the Birds"
• Patti Smith: "Mirza"
• Susan Swan: "Insect Love"
• Emma Tennant: "The Frog Prints"
• Lynne Tillman: "Boots and Remorse"
• Guy Trebay: "Three Bears"
• William Wegman: "Man Ray"
• Joy Williams: "The Killing Game"
• Rudolph Wurlitzer: "My First Pet"
• Notes on the Contributors
• Acknowledgments