{"product_id":"bullets-into-bells-isbn-9780807025581","title":"Bullets into Bells","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful call to end American gun violence from celebrated poets and those most impacted\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocused intensively on the crisis of gun violence in America, this volume brings together poems by dozens of our best-known poets, including \u003cb\u003eBilly Collins\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePatricia Smith\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNatalie Diaz\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eOcean Vuong\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDanez Smith\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBrenda Hillman\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNatasha Threthewey\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRobert Hass\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJuan Felipe Herrera\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMark Doty\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRita Dove\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eYusef Komunyakaa\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach poem is followed by a response from a gun violence prevention activist, political figure, survivor, or concerned individual, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate \u003cb\u003eJody Williams\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eSenator Christopher Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e; Moms Demand Action founder \u003cb\u003eShannon Watts\u003c\/b\u003e; survivors of the Columbine, Sandy Hook, Charleston Emmanuel AME, and Virginia Tech shootings; and \u003cb\u003eSamaria Rice\u003c\/b\u003e, mother of Tamir, and \u003cb\u003eLucy McBath\u003c\/b\u003e, mother of Jordan Davis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCongresswoman Gabrielle Giffords\u003cbr\u003eand Captain Mark Kelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction: The Velocity of Language\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColum McCann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNICK ARNOLD\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJordan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Lucy McBath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJIMMY SANTIAGO BACA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMorning Shooting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Antonius Wiriadjaja\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAZIZA BARNES\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Could Ask, But I Think They Use Tweezers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Judi Richardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREGINALD DWAYNE BETTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen I Think of Tamir Rice While Driving\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Samaria Rice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRICHARD BLANCO\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Pulse—One Poem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Ladd Everitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTARA BRAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow My Mother Died\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Dennis Henigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJERICHO BROWN\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBullet Points\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Michael Skolnik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBRIAN CLEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e22\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Po Kim Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBILLY COLLINS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoy Shooting at a Statue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Nicole Hockley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKYLE DARGAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatural Causes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Daniel Webster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOEL DIAS-PORTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWednesday Poem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Kiki Leyba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNATALIE DIAZ\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatching Copper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Rev. Henry Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARK DOTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Two Seconds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Pastor Michael McBride\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRITA DOVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeditation at Fifty Yards, Moving Target\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Marie Delus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCORNELIUS EADY\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGun Poem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Ronnie Mosley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARTÍN ESPADA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeal the Cracks in the Bell of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from David and Francine Wheeler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTARFIA FAIZULLAH\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAubade with Lemon and Sage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Sharbari Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAMESON FITZPATRICK\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Poem for Pulse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Kevin Hertzog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNICK FLYNN\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Mother Contemplating Her Gun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Ashlyn Melton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREBECCA MORGAN FRANK\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGunning for It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Lt. Brian Thiem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROSS GAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bullet, in Its Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Dr. William V. Begg III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVANESSA GERMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e[11 Gunshots]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Camiella Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROBERT HASS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDancing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJUAN FELIPE HERRERA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoem by Poem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Rev. Sharon Risher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOB HICOK\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThrowing a Life Line\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Colin Goddard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBRENDA HILLMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Family Sells the Family Gun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Jennifer Mascia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJANE HIRSHFIELD\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThose Who Cannot Act\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from US Senator Chris Murphy, Connecticut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLEANNE HOW\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGatorland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Amanda Gailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAJOR JACKSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFerguson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Amber Goodwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMICHAEL KLEIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Talking Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Monte Frank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYUSEF KOMUNYAKAA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShotguns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from DeAndra Yates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDANA LEVIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInstructions for Stopping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Kate Ranta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADA LIMÓN\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Leash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Caren Teves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDEBRA MARQUART\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKablooey is the Sound You’ll Hear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Jacob and Darchel Mohler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAMAAL MAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gun Joke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Dan Gross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJILL MCDONOUGH\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfraid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Kim Parker Russell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWAYNE MILLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBallad (American, 21st Century)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Lee Keylock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCAROL MUSKE-DUKES\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGun Control: A Triptych\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Donna Dees-Thomases\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJACK MYERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Khary Penebaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAOMI SHIHAB NYE\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Jamyla Bolden of Ferguson, Missouri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Missouri State Rep. Stacey Newman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMATTHEW OLZMANN\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetter Beginning with Two Lines by Czesław Miłosz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Shannon Watts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMEGHAN PRIVITELLO\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e[When a child hears gunshots]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Abbey Clements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDEAN RADER\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait in Charleston, Orlando\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Joe Quint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROGER REEVES\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaggot Therapy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Yvonne Crasso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIZ ROSENBERG\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Child Martyr at Illinois Elementary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Patricia Maisch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDANEZ SMITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe bullet was a girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Rev. Michael L. Pfleger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePATRICIA SMITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUndertaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Pamela Bosley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHRISTOPHER SOTO\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the Dead Boys Look Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from John Grauwiler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTESS TAYLOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemory with Handgun and Tetherball\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Renan Salgado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALEXANDRA TEAGUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRepeater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Iran Nazario\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNATASHA TRETHEWEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArticulation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Eddie Weingart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOCEAN VUONG\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlways \u0026amp; Forever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Clai Lasher-Sommers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAFAA MICHAEL WEAVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomething It’s Taken Thirty Years to Write\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Dr. Leana S. Wen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROBERT WRIGLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKalashnikov Candelabrum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponse from Jessica Pollack Mindich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Gratitude\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCredits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e“Passionate, thoughtful, informed and persuasive, this poetry collection is art and activism in its rawest form.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This anthology is best considered slowly, paged through with time enough to pause and reflect, to consider these truths, greater than any headline or statistic can deliver.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“While one might argue such a collection runs the risk of poeticizing violence, of indulging nostalgia for a nonexistent peaceful past, \u003ci\u003eBullets into Bells\u003c\/i\u003e succeeds in quite the opposite. Instead of romanticizing suffering, particularly a kind that disproportionately affects marginalized groups, the book’s contributors work to ‘untangle’ and communicate what Colum McCann describes in his introduction as ‘the intricate nuances of that suffering.’”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is not an easy book to read, nor should it be . . . . \u003ci\u003eBullets into Bells\u003c\/i\u003e deserves a wide audience, especially after the recent massacre in Parkland, Florida.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s remarkable when a book of poetry that is so self-contained, fulfilling its own purposes so completely, but it’s a rare event when any book can be this relevant, this useful to our social conversation.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Microreviews \u0026amp; Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The poetry is rich with imagery, overflowing with sorrow, but almost never trite or predictable . . . [The editors] have created an important book, which informs and elevates the discussion. It’s so sad that we need it, but so important that we have it.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePoetry Flash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Extraordinary . . . a stunning call and response of a book.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eColum McCann\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of six novels including the National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTransAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThirteen Ways of Looking\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Clements\u003c\/b\u003e is the author, most recently, of \u003ci\u003eA Book of Common Rituals\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut, where his wife, a teacher, survived the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Teague\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two books of poetry—\u003ci\u003eMortal Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the California Book Award for Poetry, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wise and Foolish Builders\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDean Rader\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait as Wikipedia Entry\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003e99 Poems for the 99 Percent: An Anthology of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301981901029,"sku":"NP9780807025581","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807025581.jpg?v=1767723177","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/bullets-into-bells-isbn-9780807025581","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}