About
Airplane Reading is a home for nonfiction stories shaped by flight—quiet, funny, mundane, or just plain strange. Our aim is to rejuvenate the experience of air travel one story at a time.
Books
Culled from the web venue Airplane Reading, this “best of” gathers essays and stories about air travel from writers, airline workers, and everyday travelers. Discerning and full of wonder, the collection moves from irreverent to philosophical to earnest, each piece a journey in itself. Together, they illuminate the ordinary and uncanny world of flight.
Contributors: Lisa Kay Adam * 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
From the editors of Airplane Reading comes an ideal travelmate: Checking In/Checking Out. This reversible book features one side narrated by a former United Airlines employee, and another side narrated by a lifelong aerophobe. By turns sharp, funny, and sincere, this little gem cuts through the routines of travel to expose what’s actually at stake in getting from one place to another.
Editors
Christopher Schaberg
Once upon a time, Christopher Schaberg worked as a “cross-utilized agent” for United Airlines at the Bozeman, Montana airport. He is now Director of the Program in Public Scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. His prolific scholarship and books include The Textual Life of Airports, The End of Airports, Airportness, and Adventure: An Argument for Limits.
Mark Yakich
Mark Yakich used to be an aerophobe. Today, he is a poet, painter, and Distinguished Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans. His numerous books include Spiritual Exercises, The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine, Poetry: A Survivor’s Guide, and Football (Soccer): An Object Lesson.