jump the gun by Jennie Malboeuf (Paperback Book)

Name: jump the gun by Jennie Malboeuf (Paperback Book)
Brand: BOA Editions, Limited

BOA Editions, Limited

jump the gunAuthor(s): Jennie Malboeuf\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: BOA Editions, Limited, United States\nImprint: BOA Editions, Limited\nISBN-13: 9781960145413, 978-1960145413\nSynopsis\njump the gun digs deep intothe dark undercurrents of grief and gun violence that shadow our daily lives in America. These poems uprootthe hidden\nrecesses of life, the stages and struggles of womanhood, and our continual fight against violence, both internal and external, in the [url] today.\n\nThe speaker in these\npoems wrestles with the everyday fears and realities we often try to ignore:\nthecomplex expectations\nplaced on young girls and mothers alike, the illusion of childhood innocence,\nandthe very real\nconsequences of our environmental destruction.\n\nSplit into two\nsectionswith poems that layer blood-soaked images between close-ups of the\nbody anddomestic lifethis collection deftly illustrates the beauty that can be\nfound intragedy, the\nfragility of the natural world, and the resili.