Colin Dickey

Colin Dickey is the author, most recently, of Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places (Viking), as well as Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius and Afterlives of the Saints: Stories from the Ends of Faith. He is also the co-editor of The Morbid Anatomy Anthology. He currently teaches creative writing at National University.

Articles

The Suburban Uncanny
Colin DickeyJun 10, 2019
Companion and Commodity: The Victorian Dog
Colin Dickey reviews two new books about the Victorian dog.
Colin DickeyFeb 4, 2019
- History
Beast Mode
Colin Dickey on Peter Sahlins’s “1668: The Year of the Animal in France”
Colin DickeyApr 15, 2018
Speak, Mongoose: On “Gef!: The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose”
Colin Dickey on the tale of a talking mongoose.
Colin DickeyOct 29, 2017
- History
Unnatural Selection: On Extinction and De-Extinction
Colin Dickey reviews two books on extinction and de-extinction.
Colin DickeySep 3, 2017
- Science & Technology
Making New Friends: The Genetics of Animal Domestication
The story of the Russian geneticists who domesticated the silver fox.
Colin DickeyJun 18, 2017
The Pets’ War: On Hilda Kean’s “The Great Cat and Dog Massacre”
Colin Dickey on Hilda Kean’s “The Great Cat and Dog Massacre: The Real Story of World War Two’s Unknown Tragedy.”
Colin DickeyApr 30, 2017
- History
Forging Nature: On “The Rhinoceros and the Megatherium”
Colin Dickey reviews Juan Pimentel’s “The Rhinoceros and the Megatherium: An Essay in Natural History.”
Colin DickeyApr 2, 2017
- History
- Science & Technology

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