rmalamud
Oct 6, 11, 6:28 pm
I thought FTers would be interested to find out about a new book I just came across, called Checking In/Checking Out, by Christopher Schaberg and Mark Yakich.
http://www.loyno.edu/news/laag/20110930/3167
It's full of the kinds of detailed observations about flying that are so popular here, & written with elegance. It's a quick read: Schaberg (who used to work at an airport, and who lovingly fetishizes everything about flying) wrote half the book, 'Checking In,' and then when you flip it over and turn it upside down, you get the other part, 'Checking Out,' by Yakich, a poet (who is just as eloquently obsessive as Schaberg, except he sort of hates flying, or is, at least, in the process of working out his phobias and neuroses).
It's a quick and delightful book, and, I'd say, a MUST-READ for this crowd. They have a fun website, too.
http://www.loyno.edu/news/laag/20110930/3167
It's full of the kinds of detailed observations about flying that are so popular here, & written with elegance. It's a quick read: Schaberg (who used to work at an airport, and who lovingly fetishizes everything about flying) wrote half the book, 'Checking In,' and then when you flip it over and turn it upside down, you get the other part, 'Checking Out,' by Yakich, a poet (who is just as eloquently obsessive as Schaberg, except he sort of hates flying, or is, at least, in the process of working out his phobias and neuroses).
It's a quick and delightful book, and, I'd say, a MUST-READ for this crowd. They have a fun website, too.