= Press =
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
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