The Half-Life of Salt
Charles Hood

This book poem traces the trajectory of the Enola Gay and the atomic bomb from the places of their independent inceptions to their brief combination, and fatal separation above Hiroshima. The book is written in a mix of poetry and prose, a precise condensation of language that allows more for notions than conventional narrative would allow, and for vivid recreations of the places to form, including depictions of Wendover, Utah, where the author spent some time observing conditions as a CLUI Wendover Resident.

Fountain Mountain Press, 2002, paperback, 109 pages.