Aerobatic flying, as described and practiced by Cecilia Aragon, a world champion aerobatic pilot, is a dance in the sky, with spins and turns and gravity-defying grace. Her memoir is Flying Free, My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team —a true adventure story. Her descriptions of flying are as riveting as her personal story is inspiring. Cecilia is not only an air-show pilot and author but the first Latina full professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington. She joins Suzanne M. Lang in conversation on KRCB’s A Novel Idea. 

A Novel Idea airs on the first and fifth Sundays of every month at 10:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /Download the FREE KRCB mobile app @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photos: Courtesy of the author)

A Novel Idea comes from  9000 ft above sea level in the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains of California, where Suzanne M. Lang brings you her conversation with Obi Kaufmann on his latest work, The Forests of California, a follow-up to the best-selling The California Field Atlas, and The State of Water. Kaufmann’s work is filled with art, science, poetry, and maps, all infused with his love of California. 

A Novel Idea airs on the first and fifth Sundays of every month at 10:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /Download the FREE KRCB mobile app @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photos: Courtesy of the author)

Risky authors play with form and defy easy description, and this is the case with two authors who through their radical storytelling

Food and family sustain us, especially during trying times. We celebrate this with two award-winning authors in