Airplane Reading [Paperback]

A marvelous story round-up exploring and explaining what air travel does to us???and makes us do. Buy it now, but save it to read on your next cross-country flight.An insightful exploration into the airplane journey that is both existential and humorous. This collection uncovers the surreal capacity of air travel to transport across tremendous distance but only after imposing a million grating indignities along the way.Re-examining the strange and ordinary world of air travel, one flight at a time.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. Szil??gyi ??? Priscila Uppal ??? Matthew Vollmer ??? Joanna Walsh ??? Tarn WilsonChristopher Schabergl“\