Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Giffords, Gabrielle; Clements, Brian; McCann, Colum; Teague, Alexandra; Rader, Dean |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Date: | 12/5/2017 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
A powerful call to end American gun violence from celebrated poets and those most impacted
Focused intensively on the crisis of gun violence in America, this volume brings together poems by dozens of our best-known poets, including
Billy Collins,
Patricia Smith,
Natalie Diaz,
Ocean Vuong,
Danez Smith,
Brenda Hillman,
Natasha Threthewey,
Robert Hass,
Naomi Shihab Nye,
Juan Felipe Herrera,
Mark Doty,
Rita Dove, and
Yusef Komunyakaa.
Each poem is followed by a response from a gun violence prevention activist, political figure, survivor, or concerned individual, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Jody Williams;
Senator Christopher Murphy; Moms Demand Action founder
Shannon Watts; survivors of the Columbine, Sandy Hook, Charleston Emmanuel AME, and Virginia Tech shootings; and
Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir, and
Lucy McBath, mother of Jordan Davis.
The result is a stunning collection of poems and prose that speaks directly to the heart and a persuasive and moving testament to the urgent need for gun control.
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