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Writing on Air edited by David Rothenberg and Wandee J. Pryor, Terra Nova/MIT Press, £19.95/$29.95, ISBN 0262182300 Reviewed by Mike Holderness

ALBERTO Santos-Dumont, inventor of dirigible lighter-than-air craft, used to take one of his smaller models for an evening cruise down the Champs Elysées in Paris, tethering it to a chair whenever he stopped for a drink at a café. This gem comes from the opening chapter of Writing on Air. This collection of essays, short fictions and poems – some brilliant, some bonkers – will delight anyone who has an interest in both air and writing.