Bombed Without a Bang: The Nuclear Crisis We're Already Living
An “energizer bunny” who spent weekends hiking, she now battles chronic pain and fatigue.
Emily Strasser's essays have appeared in Ploughshares, Guernica, Colorado Review, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and Tricycle, and received notable mentions Best American Essays 2016 and 2017. She is working on a book about the intersection of family and national secrets in the nuclear city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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