In Amerigun, a stunning collection of loss and rediscovery, poet Anne Marie Macari revisits her brother Edward’s long-ago death by a self-inflicted gunshot. Interweaving and disentangling her own memories and those of her family, and by reconstructing a legal and medical paper trail, Macari begins a dialogue with the dead, bringing her brother’s lost voice back to her after years of sealing herself off from him. Embedded in her story is the devastation of a culture that elevates guns and violence over the sacredness of human life. Yet, out of that devastation, Macari writes a kind of love story, renewing her connection with her brother, as well with other departed friends and family. By revisiting grief, she uncovers a deeply-felt gratitude for the world around her–and indeed for her own life.
Author: Anne Marie Macari
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Persea Books
Published: 03/24/2026
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780892556366
Language: English
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