Literature
I'm really pleased to show off the slightly modified cover for the paperback edition of my book, which will be out in a month or so!
The book has been re-branded by Bloomsbury, at I'm very happy with how they tweaked the cover for their imprint. (It's the little things.) And on the back, books-within-books, mise en abyme for curious readers...
And if your library has access to Oxford journals, you can access a new book review of The Textual Life of Airports forthcoming in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature & Environment. I was very glad to see this review, as it acknowledges one of the trickiest and most subtle aspects of my project, namely how I am trying to understand the environmental qualities of airports.
- The End Of Airports
The End of Airports is a sequel to (and kind of a prequel, too) and companion for my book The Textual Life of Airports: Reading the Culture of Flight. Extending from the theories in my first book, but written more like creative nonfiction...
- Recent Things
It has been a very busy spring, with perhaps one too many trips to the airport, even for me. My son, not yet three, can now effortlessly identify the corporate logo of Southwest (those cheery wings with a heart in the middle), delineate the various stages...
- Information
"Information" (c) 2011 J. Ryan Williams Diagram genius Ander Monson wrote a really detailed and thoughtful review of Checking In / Checking Out over at Essay Daily. Speaking of our little book, there are only about 20 copies left. Besides the handful...
- Boy Detectives
Over the past month I have been reworking my current book project, a literary-critical study of airports. In particular, I have been drawing on some very helpful feedback from friends and mentors. So, in the midst of heavy duty rewriting and revision,...
- Interests Converge
Many of my current interests converge on the cover of this week's New Yorker: Air travel, ecology, post-apocalyptic imagery, book reading versus the new media technologies...this illustration serves as a cipher for a host of anxieties and consolations...
Literature
New Book Cover
I'm really pleased to show off the slightly modified cover for the paperback edition of my book, which will be out in a month or so!
The book has been re-branded by Bloomsbury, at I'm very happy with how they tweaked the cover for their imprint. (It's the little things.) And on the back, books-within-books, mise en abyme for curious readers...
And if your library has access to Oxford journals, you can access a new book review of The Textual Life of Airports forthcoming in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature & Environment. I was very glad to see this review, as it acknowledges one of the trickiest and most subtle aspects of my project, namely how I am trying to understand the environmental qualities of airports.
- The End Of Airports
The End of Airports is a sequel to (and kind of a prequel, too) and companion for my book The Textual Life of Airports: Reading the Culture of Flight. Extending from the theories in my first book, but written more like creative nonfiction...
- Recent Things
It has been a very busy spring, with perhaps one too many trips to the airport, even for me. My son, not yet three, can now effortlessly identify the corporate logo of Southwest (those cheery wings with a heart in the middle), delineate the various stages...
- Information
"Information" (c) 2011 J. Ryan Williams Diagram genius Ander Monson wrote a really detailed and thoughtful review of Checking In / Checking Out over at Essay Daily. Speaking of our little book, there are only about 20 copies left. Besides the handful...
- Boy Detectives
Over the past month I have been reworking my current book project, a literary-critical study of airports. In particular, I have been drawing on some very helpful feedback from friends and mentors. So, in the midst of heavy duty rewriting and revision,...
- Interests Converge
Many of my current interests converge on the cover of this week's New Yorker: Air travel, ecology, post-apocalyptic imagery, book reading versus the new media technologies...this illustration serves as a cipher for a host of anxieties and consolations...