Some dogs are stars, like Lassie. Others are cult figures, like San Francisco mutt Bo, the somewhat aloof pit bull-cocker spaniel mix who inspired the latest offering from the mighty Evil Twin empire. Bo's Arts collects the work of 41 artists who in 2004 painted, photo-graphed, and in some cases employed the sheddings of Bo in an art show that, in celebrating one dog, also celebrated an essential, enduring dogginess. Scattered throughout are the musings of Bo's owner, Jamie Berger: on the subject of people assuming a dog named Bo must be male, he relates, "I have a compulsive need to correct, 'It's a she,' or, 'She's a girl' . . . . And then I think, 'Not a girl, woman, she's a grown dog.' But people will really think I'm some psycho doggie feminist if I say, in all earnestness, 'Actually, she's a woman dog.'"
Good dog, good guy, good book.