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Confessions of a Paper Pilotby Jodi Goforth
My first flight instructor was an asshole. His name was Boris, which should tell you enough. His one redeeming act, however, was when he showed me 10,...
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by Catherine. Dube
The Red KiteMilo found a red kite tangled in the old mango tree behind his house. Its tail was torn, and one wooden stick had snapped. He almost threw it away, but something about its bright color made him carry it insid...
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She Writes in the Skyby Elaine Joy Edaya Degale
I purchased last-minute tickets to Cuba. This was my first solo-trip. I started writing this in Miami when I was on a ten-hour layover from my long, a...
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Mapping Imaginationby Anca L. Szilágyi
I’m a firm believer in write-what-you-desperately-want-to-know. Research, empathize, repeat. It’s not impossible to write beyond your own...
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Cloud Hoppingby Phyllis McKinley
“You go first, Nana, to break a path.” These are my instructions from six-year-old Josh. I plunk onto a sled in the sub-zero Canadian air...
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This Particular Airby Christopher Shipman
My wife gets gassy and wonders if I still love her in this airport where she squints her face to shape how the air may smell for a few seconds, becaus...
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Take Flightby Chelsey Johnson
I have always led parallel lives, as if one were not enough. Some people do this by having affairs, or playing Second Life or World of Warcraft, or li...
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