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2024

PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S 20 SCARY BOOKS TO READ THIS HALLOWEEN, Sharon Virts, People, 10/5/24

ESQUIRE'S BEST HORROR BOOKS OF 2024 SO FAR, Neil McRobert, Esquire, 8/20/24

HAUNTED HISTORIES AND MYSTERIOUS ISLANDS: KIRSTEN BAKIS ON THE ORIGIN OF “KING NYX,” Tobias Carroll, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, 4/10/24

INTERVIEW: KIRSTEN BAKIS, AUTHOR OF KING NYX, The Speculative Shelf, 4/9/23

Acclaimed Hudson Valley writer releases eagerly anticipated second novel, set during 1918 pandemic, Adam Snyder, Hudson Valley One, 3/21/24

LOST GIRLS, FOUND WOMEN: KING NYX BY KIRSTEN BAKIS,  Mahvesh Murad, Reactor, 2/28/24 

27 years after a wildly successful debut, Kirsten Bakis returns with ‘King Nyx’, Maria Silva, Albany Times Union,  2/27/24

Her debut was unforgettable--27 years later, she's finally back, Profile by Jacob Brogan, Washington Post, 2/16/24


2021 to 2022

I Swear I Don't Sit on the Radiator What's My Page Again? by Liberty Hardy, Substack, October 2022

And the Award Ghost To: 20 of the Best Award-Winning Horror Novels, Book Riot, December 2021

2021 Sustainable Arts Foundation Awardees, Sustainable Arts Foundation, May 2021


2018 to 2020

Ruff Reckoning: A Look Back at Kirsten Bakis's 1997 Lives of the Monster Dogs, Guernica, March 2020

At Ground Zero,  Lion's Roar, September 2019

The Thrive Questionnaire With Leslie Yazel, Thrive Global, March 2019

David Bowman and the Furry-Girl School of American Fiction, The New Yorker, January 2019

40 Wag-Worthy Dog Books You'll Want to Get Your Paws On, Book Riot, November 2018

Who's a Good Boy?: Ten Good Dog Books, Toronto Public Library: Arts & Culture, August 2018

The 150+ Books Stephen King Recommends Reading, Alex & Books, July 2018

An Amazing One-Hit Wonder: Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis, Seven Circumstances March 2018

July and August 2017

How A Novel About 'Monster Dogs' Can Help Us Rethink Our Relationship with Our Own Canine Companions, To The Best of Our Knowledge, interview with Doug Gordon on WPRX/Wisconsin Public Radio


Revolutionary Books to Read for Independence Day, Lincoln Michel, Vice

June 2017

Wittgenstein and the Talking Dogs: Do We Really Want to Know What Dogs Are Thinking?, Jacob Brogan, Slate 
Books We Love So Much, We're Reading Them in Our Off-Time, Musing, the Parnassus Books Lit Journal

May 2017

When Talking Canines Took Over New York, Jeff VanderMeer in The Atlantic
Remembering Denis Johnson, Kirsten Bakis, contributor, LitHub
What Happens After Monster Dogs, Jeff VanderMeer and Kirsten Bakis, FSG Works in Progress
The Monstrous and the Tragic: Kirsten Bakis's Lives of the Monster Dogs, Tobias Carroll, Tor.com
Must-Read May New Releases, Book Riot
Vol. 1 Brooklyn's May 2017 Book Preview, Volume 1 Brooklyn
15 Books to Read This May, Literary Hub
Ten Good Bites of Prose, Wayne Allan Brenner, The Austin Chronicle

January through March 2017

March
Ander Monson on the Tragedy and Pleasure of the One Hit Wonder, Literary Hub (Glad they added "so far" after mine!)
Peek Over Our Shoulders: What Rioters are Reading,  Wallace Yovetich, Jan Rosenberg, Book Riot

February
The Tale Collector: Lives of the Monster Dogs, KTWH Radio

January
A Cheat-Sheet Guide to Frankenstein, and the novel's legacy for scientific invention, Slate

2016

What Novel You Should Read Based on Your Favorite Game of Thrones Character, Men's Journal
100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels, Book Riot

1997 through 2015

2015


Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Thief" in Tin House, Longform.org


2014
The Five Weirdest Frankenstein Books Ever, The Guardian
Are You As Well-Read As Stephen King? Buzzfeed

2012
Watch the sophisticated hijinks of classy uplifted dogs, io9
Now You Can Wear a Tail That Syncs to Your Brain, Jezebel

2011
10 Stories About Uplifted Animals Who Gain Human Intelligence, Analee Newitz, io9

2010
Laurie Penny: John Gray's “all-new” science fiction reading list, New Statesman
Top hat-sporting dog aristocrats get their own terrifying film, io9
Chris Wedge Picks up 'Lives of Monster Dogs,' Excess Hollywood
Chris Wedge to Tackle Lives of the Monster Dogs, The Hollywood News
2008
When Animals Think Like Humans, They Won't Thank Us, io9
2004
Kirsten Bakis: 2004 Winner in Fiction, Whiting Foundation
2001
A Host of Debuts, Time
1999
'Monster Dogs': A Unique Breed, USA Today

1998
Featured Review: Lives of the Monster Dogs, SF Site


1997
Unleashed on Manhattan, M.G. Lord, New York Times Book Review
Woof! Woof! Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis, LA Times
Fiction Book Review: Lives of the Monster Dogs, Publisher's Weekly
Picks and Pans Review: Lives of the Monster Dogs, People


College and university courses
Syllabus for "No Girls Allowed? Women and Science fiction Sarah Lawrence Spring 2016
Bibliography for "Famous Dogs in Literature," UNC Chapel Hill 2005

Fan Fiction and Art
Return of the Monster Dogs
Lydia's Humanity is Mostly Prosthetic

Scholarly Articles
Are We Not Men? When the Human-Animal Cyborg Talks Back

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