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Virtual Poetry Reading: The American War Against Herself Anthology

Poems about guns, violence, and the wars within America for Memorial Day May 31

Memorial Day, as Decoration Day gradually came to be known, originally honored only those lost while fighting in the Civil War. But during World War I the United States found itself embroiled in another major conflict, and the holiday evolved to commemorate American military personnel who died in all wars, including World War II, The Vietnam War, The Korean War and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The current trend of gun violence brings the violence of war to America itself

“We have had more people die due to gun violence in my lifetime than every single war in this country combined from the Revolutionary War until now.” – Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), September 12, 2020

Let us also commemorate those who died in American wars against herself.

Not all of the poets will be reading. But they will be in the anthology!

Jerome Berglund, Norma Bernstock, R. Bremner, Grace Cavalieri, Cathleen Cohen, Josh Crummer, Craig Czury, Cole Eubanks, Stuart Forrest, Bryan Franco, John Gallagher, Dean Gessie, Linda Goss, Luray Gross, Sean Hanrahan, Anne Harding Woodworth, Huntley Hardison, Maurice Henderson, Irving Jones, Carolyn June-Jackson, Chris Kaiser, Michael Levin, Lewis Maltby, Sara Marron, Norman Marshall, Joyce Meyers, David Mook, Ruth Mota, Leonard Neufeldt, WunKuen Ng, Elijah Pryor, David Radavich, James Redfern, George Schaefer, Fereshteh Sholevar, Patrick Walsh, Richard Westly, Samantha Wright