Cat and Bird: A Memoir

By Kyoko Mori

• A sensitive portrait of the immigrant experience in the American Midwest.


• A memoir that takes seriously the deeply emotional qualities of pet ownership, pet loss, and pet grief.


• Broadens our understanding of the diverse communities that make up the American Midwest.


• A lyrical and language-driven memoir about place, which helps provide a new picture of the Midwest more broadly.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Belt Publishing
• Release date: Mar 5, 2024
• ISBN: 9781953368683

Kyoko Mori

Kyoko Mori is the author of three nonfiction books (The Dream of Water; Polite Lies; Yarn) and four novels (Shizuko’s Daughter; One Bird; Stone Field, True Arrow; Barn Cat). Her essays and stories have appeared in The Best American Essays, Harvard Review, the American Scholar, Colorado Review, Conjunctions, and other venues. She teaches nonfiction writing in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at George Mason University and the Low-Residency MFA Program at Lesley University. She lives in Washington, DC, with her cats, Miles and Jackson.