Essays edited by Caroline Casey, Chris Fischbach, and Sarah Schultz

September 15, 2015 • 6 x 9 • 208 pages • 978-1-56689-411-1

The most interesting writers we know, all asking and answering the same question: why can’t we stop watching cat videos?

Fourteen writers, all addressing not just our fascination with cat videos, but also how we decide what is good or bad art, or art at all; how taste develops, how that can change, and why we love or hate something. It’s about people and technology and just what it is about cats that makes them the internet’s cutest despots.

Contributors include:

Sasha Archibald • Will Braden • Stephen Burt • Maria Bustillos • David Carr Matthea Harvey • Alexis Madrigal • Joanne McNeil • Ander Monson • Kevin Nguyen • Elena Passarello • Jillian Steinhauer • Sarah Schultz • Carl Wilson.

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