Length4h 28m
About this audiobook
Dogs in the War is a Poetic Cinema journey through Washington Heights, where survival, brotherhood, addiction, family, love, pressure, and memory collide. Through the voices of Benson, Vernon, and the Curator, Vernon Snell transforms lived experience into emotional testimony—part memoir, part poetry, part hip-hop, part cultural archive.
Moving through street life, the War on Drugs, identity, health, money, systems, relationships, media, and healing, the book asks what prolonged survival does to the human mind and spirit—and what remains when the war finally becomes quiet.
These are stories of people too often reduced to statistics or stereotypes. Here, they become human again: complicated, wounded, loyal, funny, loving, lost, and unforgettable.
The war had casualties. But every dog had a story.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Education and Learning
Length4 hrs 28 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 3, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Before You Enter
16MR. PORTMAN’S GAME
2What Is Poetic Cinema?
17I AIN’T POPPY
3This Is an Artifact / Author's Note
18THE HEIGHTS OF MEMORY
4How to Read This Artifact
19LANGUAGE OF THE UNHEARD
5Dedication
20RULE THE WORLD
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6DOGS IN THE WAR
21HEART TO HEART: A CALL FROM WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
7SYSTEMIC SHADOWS
22NOT EASY BEING MEAN
8STRANGERS IN OUR OWN LAND
23GAMBLER OF LOVE
9MY HEAD
24WHO’S THAT LADY
10HEIGHTS CRY
25SUGAR DADDY
11REAL TALK HEIGHTS
26FINAL WORDS
12INVEST IN US
27Final Words
13MR. DIABETES
28After The War
14HEIGHTS IN THE AIR
29To The Reader
15JUST PEOPLE
30Acknowledgments
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