Friendly Fallout 1953Ann Ronald248 pages, hardcover: $24.95.University of Nevada Press, 2010.Friendly Fallout 1953, Nevada writer Ann Ronald’s latest exploration of place, is itself an experiment in fission — the literary kind. Set at Nevada’s Proving Ground, the book splits the telling of history among 12 fictional characters — plus Ronald herself — who witness the […]
Molly Beer
Posted inDecember 6, 2010: Toxic Past, Toxic Present
A contaminated history unearthed
Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People BetrayedJudy Pasternak336 pages, hardcover: $26.Free Press, 2010. In 2006, the L.A. Times ran an exposé by reporter Judy Pasternak on the effects of uranium mining in the Navajo homeland. The articles had a remarkable impact, inspiring congressional hearings and Superfund cleanups. But Pasternak […]