Doubt & Circuitry

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Poet, novelist, and long-time radio enthusiast T.D. Walker has written a book that speaks to the crisis of our time. Forged during the COVID lockdown when citizens were both terrified of contagion yet newly unified by extremity, these poignant verses invite us to consider how language shapes the menaces around us whether it might be the casualties of the 1982 Falkland War, the 1986 nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, or "how many ways there are to destroy the earth." Weaving together many strands from her specialized knowledge -- for example, references about HAARP, high frequency radio waves, ionospheric heating, and the Shortwave Transmissions Project -- Doubt & Circuitry is always bristling with verbal energy and unexpected turns in strong, limber lines.