The American Gun

<p><em>The American Gun</em> is a poem in ten parts delving into the modern phenomenon of mass shootings in the United States. It's a narrative account of a young teacher in NYC wrestling with the reality of American gun culture. From the classroom to the subway platform <em>The American Gun</em> is a meditation on tragedy and what it means to live in a country where domestic terrorism is a constant threat. Femiani's poetry illuminates what the media cannot: the residuals of monumental loss months and years after the fact in the face of an unyielding democracy unable to protect the lives of its citizenry and its children.</p>