Christopher Schaberg is a former airline employee and recent Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Davis. He writes about representations of airports in contemporary literature and culture. Chris’s blog is whatisliterature.blogspot.com

Mark Yakich is an aerophobe and poet. He is the author of two poetry collections: Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross (National Poetry Series winner, Penguin 2004) and The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine (Penguin 2008). Mark’s website is markyakich.com.

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