Lost Cat (memoir)

Gaitskill adopted Gattino (Italian for kitten) during a writing retreat in Italy. In Fall 2007, Two and a half months after returning from the retreat, the cat disappears.^[2] Gaitskill associated the cat with her late father, who liked Italy and spoke Italian. The writing retreat was Gaitskill's first time in Italy. In 2008, Gaitskill wrote a short essay for The Oprah Magazine about the lost cat. In 2009, a much longer essay was published in the summer issue of Granta.^[3]

The memoir is more personal and sentimental than previous works by Gaitskill.^[3]

• Lost Cat on Granta