A palimpsest is “a parchment, tablet, etc., which has been used two or three times… the earlier writing having been erased.” Erasure is precisely Lovett’s strategy in this black and white book, as she scribbles out parts of a found text, leaving only suggestive strings of words that often have a conspiratorial tone, much like some de-classified document. Over and under these torn pages are photographs, some taken from the media, others of architecture, individuals, and artifacts. They work with and against the text to form a multi-layered, open-ended narrative. In this richly suggestive book, it is ultimately the reader who constructs a history based on the fragments provided.