The company of cats : [electronic resource] 20 contemporary stories of family cats / edited and with an introduction by Michael J. Rosen.

Photographs by Tony Mendoza and cartoons by Roz Chast.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269).

I get smart / Pamela Painter -- Getting a cat / Phillip Lopate -- Cats / Robley Wilson, Jr. -- Peril / Molly Giles -- Lost cat / Alice Adams -- Residents and transients / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Chicago and the cat / Susan Fromberg Schaeffer -- Taking care / Katinka Loeser -- The cat in the picture / Wright Morris -- Company / Arturo Vivante -- A suite of cartoons / Roz Chast -- Nashville gone to ashes / Amy Hempel -- Edward the conqueror / The cat in the attic / Valerie Martin -- The emasculation of Ted Roper / Penelope Lively -- Affection / Cornelia Nixon -- Felis catus / Gina Berriault -- A suite of photographs / Tony Mendoza -- An old woman and her cat / Doris Lessing -- Ralph / Wendy Lesser -- Touching is good for living creatures / Merrill Joan Gerber -- I see you, Bianca / Maeve Brennan.