Air Fare: Stories, Poems, and Essays on Flight

by Nickole Brown

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 188933099X
• ISBN13: 9781889330990
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Sarabande Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Different isn't always good--sometimes it's better

I'm a commercial pilot and flight instructor. I read many aviation related books and magazines. I don't often read books that contain a lot of poetry, which AIR FARE does.(It also has short stories and excerpts from longer works.) So to say I was pleasantly surprised by this little wonder of a book is an understatement. My advice? If you've never flown but wonder what it's like, you should read this book. If you have flown as a passenger, you'll recognize your own emotions, both good and bad, in every page. If you are a pilot, you'll see yourself reflected in myriad indelible images; you'll be drawn back by memory to a hundred different experiences; and you'll want to read-and reread-each and every privileged glimpse into the human heart of flight, and be left wanting more. It's a must-have for any aviator's library. Get it!