Jon Katz: "Dog Days" (Villard)

Jon Katz: "Dog Days" (Villard)

Fans know Jon Katz as the former suburbanite who bought a farm in upstate New York to provide a better life for his beloved Border Collies. He and his wife, journalist Paula Span, update us on life at Bedlam Farm, which now includes dogs...

Fans know Jon Katz as the former suburbanite who bought a farm in upstate New York to provide a better life for his beloved Border Collies. He and his wife, journalist Paula Span, update us on life at Bedlam Farm, which now includes dogs, sheep, steers and cow, donkeys, a barn cat, a rooster and three hens.

Guests

Jon Katz

author of six novels and eleven works of nonfiction, he writes columns about dogs and rural life for "Slate" and cohosts an award-winning show, "Dog Talk," on Northeast Public Radio.

Paula Span

former longtime Washington Post reporter based in New York. She teaches journalism at Columbia University and is at work on a non-fiction book about adult children with aging parents.

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