Literature
My book The Textual Life of Airports: Reading the Culture of Flight will be available December 1.
The hardcover edition is $100?which I know might seem rather expensive. Look, it's an academic book; such pricing is fairly standard. More than that, though: it's worth it! It will change the way you experience?and tell stories about?airports. If you don't have a hundred dollars to spare, please request the book from your local or campus library. The much less expensive paperback edition will be out next year.
- Minor Collision
This is a report on the end of airports. Today two 737s clashed their wings on the taxiways of LGA. One was a Southwest plane, the other American Airlines. Pictures snapped and tweeted by passengers showed the broken winglet of the Southwest plane, and...
- 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...
- 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....
- Book Work
I have not been posting to my blog as regularly these days, as I'm busy completing my book The Textual Life of Airports. My book explores how airports appear in literature and culture, with an eye toward the interpretive demands made on passengers,...
- 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,...
Literature
The Textual Life of Airports
My book The Textual Life of Airports: Reading the Culture of Flight will be available December 1.
The hardcover edition is $100?which I know might seem rather expensive. Look, it's an academic book; such pricing is fairly standard. More than that, though: it's worth it! It will change the way you experience?and tell stories about?airports. If you don't have a hundred dollars to spare, please request the book from your local or campus library. The much less expensive paperback edition will be out next year.
- Minor Collision
This is a report on the end of airports. Today two 737s clashed their wings on the taxiways of LGA. One was a Southwest plane, the other American Airlines. Pictures snapped and tweeted by passengers showed the broken winglet of the Southwest plane, and...
- 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...
- 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....
- Book Work
I have not been posting to my blog as regularly these days, as I'm busy completing my book The Textual Life of Airports. My book explores how airports appear in literature and culture, with an eye toward the interpretive demands made on passengers,...
- 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,...