title: The Literary Canine Presents: Dog-Eared Classics 2016 Calendar
author:  August Nights Press 
description: Tucker and Odie portray their favorite characters from such classic literary geniuses as Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, JM Barrie, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Both rescue dogs themselves, they are happy to star in the calendar that raises money for their humans' favorite animal organizations. <br /><br /> A portion of the proceeds from this calendar will be split between: <br /><br />The Volunteers of the Burbank Animal Shelter: The VBAS, a 501(c)(3) animal service agency, is devoted to providing medical, social, behavioral and financial care for animals at risk and determined to eliminate animal homelessness in the Burbank community. <br /><br />and<br /><br />The Animal Protectorates: TAPS mission statement is summarized with the 4 prongs of their acronym: Teach, Advocate, Protect, and Support. TAPS, a 501(c)3 corporation, facilitates the direct protection of animals in every possible way; provides sponsorship for, and financial support to programs and organizations involving animal welfare; provides outreach and education to promote an increased awareness of animal cruelty; encourages every citizen to become active, involved and responsible animal guardians; promotes the legal re-classification of animals to a category other than property; and, carries on other charitable activities associated with these goals as allowed by law. <br /><br />Design: Stephanie Wescott (Tucker's person) <br />Photography: Amy Reynolds (Odie's person) <br />Concept: Carolina Solarzano (Tucker's favorite aunt)
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  # Patriotism
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The New Directions Pearls
  
  
  César Aira, _The Literary Conference_
  
  
  Paul Auster, _The Red Notebook_
  
  
  Roberto Bolaño, _Antwerp_
  
  
  Mikhail Bulgakov, _Morphine_
  
  
  Jorge Luis Borges, _Everything and Nothing_
  
  
  Sir Thomas Browne, _Urn Burial_
  
  
  Fyodor Dostoevsky & Felisberto Hernández, _Two Crocodiles_
  
  
  F. Scott Fitzgerald, _On Booze_
  
  
  Nikolai Gogol, _The Night Before Christmas_
  
  
  Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, _Places of My Infancy_
  
  
  Federico García Lorca, _In Search of Duende_
  
  
  Javier Marías, _Bad Nature_ , or _With Elvis in Mexico_
  
  
  Yukio Mishima, _Patriotism_
  
  
  Victor Pelevin, _The Hall of the Singing Caryatids_
  
  
  Keith Ridgway, _Never Love a Gambler_
  
  
  Joseph Roth, _The Leviathan_
  
  
  Yuko Tawada, _The Bridegroom Was a Dog_
  
  
  Robert Walser, _The Walk_
  
  
  Tennessee Williams, _Tales of Desire_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Patriotism, by Yukio Mishima. Translated by Geoffrey W. Sargent. A New
  Directions Ebook.](ima