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: HarperCollins, 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 ofPittsburgh 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...