| Air Fare: Stories, Poems, and Essays on Flight Contributor(s): Taylor, Judith (Editor), Brown, Nickole (Editor) |
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ISBN: 188933099X ISBN-13: 9781889330990 Publisher: Sarabande Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2004 Annotation: From takeoff to landing, this anthology is about flying and the culture surrounding this precarious method of transportation. Includes contributions by Diane Ackerman, Margaret Atwood, Albert Goldbarth, Lee Martin, Marilyn Nelson, Naomi Shahib Nye, and a host of others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General - Transportation | Aviation - General |
| Dewey: 810.803 |
| LCCN: 2003021101 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.34" W x 9.04" (0.89 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From takeoff to landing and everything in-between, this anthology is about flying and the culture surrounding this precarious method of transportation. From the awe of being airborne to the shrink-wrapped airplane meals, from the phobia of flying to the very real reason for that fear, everything is explored. Contributors include: Diane Ackerman, Margaret Atwood, Sharon Bryan, Andrea Hollender Budy, Kelly Cherry, Alain de Botton, Richard Garcia, Lise Goett, Albert Goldbarth, Jeffrey Harrison, Brenda Hillman, Peter LaSalle, Philip Levine, Lee Martin, William Matthews, Ian McEwan, Campbell McGrath, Carol Muske-Dukes, Marilyn Nelson, Naomi Shahib Nye, Barbara Ras, Sherrod Santos, Bruce Smith, Susan Stewart, Terese Svoboda, James Tate, Jean Valentine, Arthur Vogelsang, Charles Harper Webb, Jan Wesley, Colson Whitehead, Gary Young |