The Place of the Moon

Authors

  • Christopher Cokinos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5282/rcc-springs-10255

Abstract

This essay explores author Christopher Cokinos’s journey learning the history of the Moon, observing the wild lunar terrain through his telescope, and contemplating how the Moon places us in the landscapes we live in. From musing about how we fictionalize—and therefore diminish—the real places we live in and see to how domesticity can help us explore new places, Cokinos writes a sweeping meditation of the Moon’s place in our lives, history, and future.

Author Biography

  • Christopher Cokinos

    Christopher Cokinos is the author of several books, including his new Still as Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon, from Antiquity to Tomorrow (2024), and, as coeditor with Julie Swarstad Johnson, Beyond Earth’s Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight (2020). In March 2024, he led the first all-artist analog lunar surface mission at a facility associated with Biosphere 2. He was a Carson Fellow in 2017. His nonfiction has appeared recently in such venues as Esquire, The Los Angeles Times, Astronomy, and Orion. Recently retired, he continues to write in northern Utah.

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Published

31-10-2024

Issue

No. 6 (2024)

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2024 Christopher Cokinos

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