Starlight (For Further Study)

For Further Study

• Cowan, Nelson, ed., The Development of Memory in Childhood, Psychology Press, 1998.

  Cowan edits a collection of essays detailing theories of childhood memory and why some events are remembered and others not.

• Dillard, Annie, An American Childhood, New York: Harper-Collins, 1998.

  This memoir of Annie Dillard’s childhood details her endless fascination with language and new experiences.

• Klein, Art, Dad and Son: A Memoir About Reclaiming Fatherhood and Manhood, Champion Press, 1996.

  This memoir is a close look at how the author found meaning in his life through fatherhood after he is stricken with a debilitating disease.

• Levis, Larry, Elegy, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997.

  Larry Levis, who died suddenly in 1996 of a heart attack, was an outstanding poet, and a student and colleague of Philip Levine. Levine, who edited this posthumous manuscript, writes that Levis’s “early death is a staggering loss for our poetry, but what he left is a major achievement that will enrich our lives for as long as poetry matters.”

• Linton, Bruce, Finding Time For Fatherhood: The Important Considerations Men Face When They Become Parents, Fathers’ Forum Press, 1998.

  Linton’s essays are thoughtful and fascinating in their variety, ranging from revisiting the Oedipus myth, to looking at the men’s movement, to examining the role food and meals play in the family, to discussing sex and fatherhood.