Have Dog, Will Travel - by Stephen Kuusisto (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A blind poet describes his relationship with his first guide dog and how it changed his life and gave him a newfound appreciation for travel and independence.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence.</b> <p/>Stephen Kuusisto was born legally blind--but he was also raised in the 1950s and taught to deny his blindness in order to pass as sighted. Stephen attended public school, rode a bike, and read books pressed right up against his nose. As an adult, he coped with his limited vision by becoming a professor in a small college town, memorizing routes for all of the places he needed to be. Then, at the age of thirty-eight, he was laid off. With no other job opportunities in his vicinity, he would have to travel to find work. <p/> This is how he found himself at Guiding Eyes, paired with a Labrador named Corky. In this vivid and lyrical memoir, Stephen Kuusisto recounts how an incredible partnership with a guide dog changed his life and the heart-stopping, wondrous adventure that began for him in midlife. Profound and deeply moving, this is a spiritual journey, the story of discovering that life with a guide dog is both a method and a state of mind.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A celebration of Corky and guide dogs everywhere."--<i><b>Library Journal</b></i> <p/> "Kuusisto tells the poignant story of a midlife rebirth that led to self-acceptance and also celebrates human/animal interdependence and a "companionship [that] was intimate and richer than poems." An eloquent and heartwarming memoir."--<i><b>Kirkus Reviews</b></i><br> <p/> "[An] irresistible portrait of his first guide dog, Corky...Kuusisto's ever-lyrical writing pulses with lush imagery and unflagging curiosity. There's no doubt: Kuusisto's love for Corky, and love itself, become a filter through which to perceive the world--and what a deeply compassionate, beautifully observed world it is." --<i><b>Booklist</b></i><br><br>"Kuusisto...give[s] readers and animal lovers terrific insight into not only his experience with blindness, but also the unshakable bond between a guide dog and its owner."--<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b> <p/> "Never before has the subtle relationship of a blind person to a guide dog been clarified in such an entertaining way. That Stephen Kuusisto enables us to see the world through his blind eyes as well as through the 'seeing eyes' of his dog is this book's amazing, paradoxical achievement."<b>--Billy Collins, U.S. Poet Laureate (2001-2003)</b> <p/> "A perceptive and beautifully crafted memoir of personal growth, and a fascinating example of what can happen when a person and a dog learn to partner with one another."<b>--Temple Grandin, author of <i>Animals in Translation</i> and <i>Animals Make Us Human</i></b> <p/> <i>"Have Dog, Will Travel</i> is both an intimate memoir of one man's particular experience of blindness and a beautiful tribute to the devotional, unconditional love of a dog. Funny, moving, and joyful."--<b>Dana Spiotta, author of <i>Innocents and Others</i></b> <p/> "I fell in love with Corky, of course, with her goofiness and boundless affection and heart-stopping wisdom. Truth be told, I fell in love with Steve too for how he dove into his new, broken open, adventurous life with her, and the way he processed his experiences through the lens of his reading life, and his compassion for others and for his own late-blooming self."<b>--Ona Gritz, author of <i>On The Whole: A Story Of Mothering And Disability</i> </b><br>
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