Jessica Gildersleeve

Jessica Gildersleeve is professor of English literature at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, where she is a member of the Centre for Heritage and Culture and the Centre for Health Research.

Chernobyl nuclear power plant a few weeks after the disaster. Chernobyl, Ukraine, USSR, May 1986. (Photo by Igor Kostin/Laski Diffusion/Getty Images)

Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go

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