Midair: Stories

"Midair" is a masterful collection of stories by the long-time director of the prestigeous Iowa Writers' Workshop (teaching home also of the wonderful Pulitzer-winner Marilynne Robinson). Anyone who appreciates the short-story form will not be disappointed in this collection. Conroy was at the top of his craft when he rendered these stories, but he always remained honest and direct, humble to the point of being self-effacing. Like his riveting childhood memoir, "Stop-time", "Midair" will always remain a favorite. As the great jazz bassist Charlie Mingus once remarked, about Conroy's piano playing, "...you swing!" "Midair" swings!