Man in the Moon: Essays on Fathers and Fatherhood

Contents

contents introduction Stephanie G’Schwind xi man in the moon Bill Capossere 1 liminal scorpions Carole Firstman 16 when the future was plastic Deborah Thompson 42 stories from the lost nation Brendan Wolfe 56 when he falls off a horse Debra Gwartney 76 son of mr. green jeans: a meditation on missing fathers Dinty W. Moore 86 memory and helix: what comes to us from the past Neil Mathison 94 the lion and the mouse: notes on love, mortality, and hallucinations for my father’s ninetieth birthday Gina Frangello 113 the slashing Matthew Ferrence 128 end of the line Jim Kennedy 139 survival stories Joan Marcus 147 thirteen views of grief Donna George Storey 160 the wisdom of sons Thomas White 171 plot: variations i, ii, and iii (chapters one through ten) Robin Black 188 the case of the undone novel Richard McCann 202 the mechanics of being Jerald Walker 212 puzzle and music box Dan Beachy-Quick 220 Contributors 227 Permissions 233 Acknowledgments 237 ...