Selected Press

Excerpt in LitHub

Interview in BOMB

Interview in the Albany Times Union

Interview in Lux Magazine

Essay on animal memoirs in Orion

Essay on cat books that go beyond cozy in Debutiful

On Language Arts’ list of must-read fall 2025 books

Review in Shelf Awareness

Review in Hippocampus Magazine

Review in End of the Mind

Podcast: On Barthes and Cat with Reading around the Margins

Podcast: Cattitude

A book about cats (and love and work and climate collapse). Like The Argonauts but with cats. Out from Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons series.

“Rebecca van Laer’s feline marvel is at once cozy and mind-expanding. If you’ve never felt a connection with cats before, you will after reading this brilliant book.” —Henry Hoke, author of Open Throat

"In tender, incisive prose, van Laer examines the ways that she has negotiated her relationship to herself, the world around her, and the ever-mysterious wildness she invites in, and reveals the deep and abiding love that is the foundation of what it takes to be in true communion with other life. If you have ever loved anyone, human or animal, let Cat curl up and rest in your heart." —Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, author of What We Fed To The Manticore

“Van Laer’s keen eye captures the ineffable charm of our feline friends and investigates humankind’s relationship to cats with great insight and tenderness. A stirring and deeply profound look at what it means to love and lose, and a must-read for cat people and the cat-curious alike.” —Gina Chung, author of Sea Change and Green Frog

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