Lily Koppel
Lily Koppel
Lily Koppel is a writer living in New York. She is known for her books The Red Leather Diaryand The Astronaut Wives Club...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
marilyn michael mickey obsessed outlandish
Americans are obsessed with wild, outlandish things. Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse, and Michael Jackson are all wild, outlandish things.
apollo armstrong bit buzz dealt guy high neil premiere saw
Apollo 11 was the movie premiere of moon landings, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Neil was a bit of a mystic, but also a taciturn guy from what I can tell. He really saw the moon as looking like the American high desert. He wasn't someone who dealt in metaphors.
telling women
I'm still very interested in telling one-of-a-kind women's stories.
edge flag heard landing neil planting somehow
We've all heard about space and landing on the moon, but somehow it's a very tom-boyish adventure. It's planting the flag on the moon by Neil Armstrong, and it has this very male-hero edge to it.