Airplane Reading

Airplane Reading

Airplane Reading

Airplane Reading

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Overview

In Airplane Reading, Christopher Schaberg and Mark Yakich bring together a range of essays about air travel. Discerning and full of wonder, this prismatic collection features perspectives from a variety of writers, airline workers, and everyday travelers. At turns irreverent, philosophical, and earnest, each essay is a veritable journey in and of itself. And together, they illuminate the at once strange and ordinary world of flight. Contributors: Lisa Kay Adam • Sarah Allison • Jane Armstrong • Thomas Beller • Ian Bogost • Alicia Catt • Laura Cayouette • Kim Chinquee • Lucy Corin • Douglas R. Dechow • Nicoletta-Laura Dobrescu • Tony D’Souza • Jeani Elbaum • Pia Z. Ehrhardt • Roxane Gay • Thomas Gibbs • Aaron Gilbreath • Anne Gisleson • Anya Groner • Julian Hanna • Rebecca Renee Hess • Susan Hodara • Pam Houston • Harold Jaffe • Chelsey Johnson • Nina Katchadourian • Alethea Kehas • Greg Keeler • Alison Kinney • Anna Leahy • Allyson Goldin Loomis • Jason Harrington • Kevin Haworth • Randy Malamud • Dustin Michael • Ander Monson • Timothy Morton • Peter Olson • Christiana Z. Peppard • Amanda Pleva • Arthur Plotnik • Neal Pollack • Connie Porter • Stephen Rea • Hugo Reinert • Jack Saux • Roger Sedarat • Nicole Sheets • Stewart Sinclair • Hal Sirowitz • Jess Stoner • Anca L. Szilágyi • Priscila Uppal • Matthew Vollmer • Joanna Walsh • Tarn Wilson

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781782798187
Publisher: Collective Ink
Publication date: 07/29/2016
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 5.54(w) x 8.63(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Christopher Schaberg is associate professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans. Mark Yakich, a frequent yet fearful flier, received his Ph.D. in creative writing from Florida State University and is a poet and professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans, and Editor of the New Orleans Review.

Table of Contents

Introduction Christopher Schaberg Mark Yakich 1

The Work of Gravity RoxaneGay 5

Frequent Flight Ian Bogost 8

Why I Love to Fly Pam Houston 10

Flying Au Naturale Connie Porter 14

Surviving the Unabomber Arthur Plotnik 18

Excuse Me Priscila Uppal 22

Holding Pattern Ander Monson 25

Take Flight Chelsey Johnson 28

My Mother's Presence in the Universe Lucy Corin 32

Going to See a Man about a Dog Alicia Catt 38

For Flight Attendants Giving Safety Speeches Matthew Vollmer 41

In Between Days Julian Hanna 45

Free Beer Thomas Gibbs 48

My Czechoslovakian Plastic Surgeon Tarn Wilson 51

Until We Land Susan Hodara 54

Seat Assignment Nina Katchadourian 57

There and Back Stewart Sinclair 61

Pan Am FA 74113 Jeani Elbaum 65

Class Matters Neal Pollack 69

What is a Winglet? Christiana Z. Peppard 73

Airplane Docufictions Harold Jaffe 79

The Great Privilege Anne Gisleson 82

From the Cockpit Jack Saux 85

The Taste of Guilt Alethea Kehas 88

Eating Fish on a Plane Aaron Gilbreath 91

I Was Not the Stewardess of His Porno Movies Amanda Pleva 93

In-Flight Mistress Roger Sedarat 98

Pretension Kim Chinquee 102

Air Prayer Nicole Sheets 104

You Are Sitting in a Chair in the Sky Timothy Morton 107

God, Please Let Me Fit Rebecca Renee Hess 111

Humiliation is a Part of Us All Greg Keeler 113

Things They Ran Through the X-Ray Jason Harrington 115

The Great Escape Stephen Rea 119

Hostages (October 23-24,1975) Alison Kinney 122

Separation Anxiety Allyson Goldin Loomis 128

Flying without Children Sarah Allison 135

Unaccompanied Lisa Kay Adam 138

The Doctor's Wife Anya Groner 143

Free for Flying Nicoletta-Laura Dobrescu 147

The News from Bulgaria Kevin Haworth 150

Somewhere to the West, Maybe in South Dakota Peter Olson 154

Mapping Imagination Anca L. Szilágyi 161

Some Say the World Will End in Fire (I Imagine Him Laughing) Hugo Reinert 164

The Saturated Shirt Laura Cayouette 168

House Beautiful Pia Z. Ehrhardt 171

The Less-Than-Perfect Flight Hal Sirowitz 173

Airport-Only States Dustin Michael 175

It All Happened With Courtesy Jess Stoner 179

Layover in Dubai Thomas Beller 182

Nostalgia for the Small Airport Anna Leahy Douglas R. Dechow 186

Field Notes from a New Terminal Randy Malamud 189

Vol de Nuit Joanna Walsh 194

Flight Benefits Tony D'Souza 200

Concourse B Jane Armstrong 204

Acknowledgements & Credits 206

Index 207

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