Title

Lighter Than Air

Authors

Nikki Magennis

Files

Description

On April the 20th, 2008, Padre Adelir Antonio de Carli took off from the town of Paranagua in a chair attached to a thousand helium balloons. The lower half of his body was found in the Atlantic two months later.

Publication Date

2011

Keywords

prayer narrative

Disciplines

Creative Writing | Religion

Comments

"Lighter Than Air" was originally published at On Earth As It Is.

Image by Matthew Simmons.

Recommended Citation

Magennis, Nikki, "Lighter Than Air" (2011). On Earth As It Is. 7.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/onearth/7