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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Published in 2017, this book pre-dates half a dozen more incidents of gun violence on a mass scale across the country that underline its importance. This is a collection of new or relevant poems that cover all facets of gun violence from the perpetrator to the victim to those left behind to mourn or try to make sense of the tragedy. Each poem has a personal reflective response from someone whose life has been impacted by gun violence, "a call-and-response format, a church of the possible."It is an impressive collection of literature, but also dedicated people who want to see a better side of America and ensure safety of all its citizens. Though it leans left due to the sheer number of tragedies, there is representation of gun rights advocates and more importantly the call for common ground. How do we balance our freedom from the 2nd Amendment with responsible citizenship? No easy answers, but an important dialogue and a profound inquiry that shows the power of words and experience. "What poetry can do is untangle some of the 'facts' and reveal the human tissue underneath." says Colum McCann in his forward. ( ) Questa recensione è stata scritta per gli Omaggi dei Membri di LibraryThing . This collection of poems on gun violence includes poem interpretation and commentary meant to make the case for gun control in America. While not everyone will agree with the premises presented, the book provides another avenue to open discussion on what drives the want for control or no control of weapons.I was randomly chosen to receive this book. I was under no obligation to write a review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. A powerful collection in call-and-response format (a poem is followed by a response). Strongly anti-violence and heavily - but not completely - anti-gun. Many voices. Quotes Introduction, Colum McCann Poetry calls out for us to be inclusive. (xx) We are forced, in literature, to make the empathetic leap into the realm of someone else. (xxi) "Morning Shooting" by Jimmy Santiago Baca ...life hits black ice and spins out sometimes, I tell myself, but that doesn't mean we're lost, doesn't mean the spinning will never end.... ...the hour makes its rounds like a jailer... "Bullet Points" by Jericho Brown I promise that if you hear Of me dead anywhere near A cop, then that cop killed me. "In Two Seconds" by Mark Doty (for Tamir Rice, 2002-2014) the boy's face climbed back down the twelve-year tunnel of its becoming, a charcoal sunflower swallowing itself. Who has eyes to see, or ears to hear? If you could see what happens fastest, unmaking, the human irreplaceable, a star falling into complete gravitational darkness from all points of itself, all this: the held loved body into which entered milk and music, honeying the cells of him... ...when behind every tributary poured into him comes rushing backward all he hasn't been yet. "[11 Gunshots]" by Vanessa German ...no one knows the language of these mornings the way that we do. how do you walk the child to the bus stop. who will call the fourth grade teacher. to tell them. listen. today. _____ is going to be different. may. need. more. ____. or. ____. please. accommodate this trauma. with. more. love and deep listening. We must challenge every politician who thinks it's easier to ask an elementary school teacher to stand up to a gunman with an AR-15 than it is to ask themselves to stand up to a gun lobbyist with a checkbook. -Colin Goddard, VA Tech survivor, response to "Throwing A Life Line" Perhaps the real question is not why are our children getting killed, but why are we standing by watching? -Rev. Michael L. Pfleger, response to "the bullet was a girl" Activism is what love looks like in public. -John Grauwiler, response to "All the Dead Boys Look Like Me" Scientific studies show that violence spreads from person to person, just like other communicable diseases. Just like other diseases, violence has a treatment and a cure. And it can be prevented, using the same public health approaches we take to other diseases... Taking a public health approach to violence is how we can ensure that where our children live no longer determines whether they live. -Leana S. Wen, response to "Something It's Taken Thirty Years to Write" nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML: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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)811.60803556Literature English (North America) American poetry 21st CenturyClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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