Many of us glanced at each other, wondering whether this or that person was thinking the same thing: This cannot be right. As the news broke that day, disbelief rippled throughout the country and the world. To me, the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, was similar to 9/11 in its ability to demolish a country’s posture, not to mention its values and even aesthetics. Were we as Americans anywhere near as savvy or admired as we had thought? One of our toughest, bravest, proudest cities was revealed to be susceptible. How and what and why to write now? What to read? Little seemed relevant or urgent enough. Certainly as artists and readers, certainly as writers.Īfter 9/11, writers wondered how or even if it was possible to understand the events that occurred. It changes us as parents and siblings and children, as travelers and citizens and individuals. It changes us as sentient beings with souls and minds. OCCASIONALLY SOMETHING HORRIFIC transpires-and in what seems like a minute, this something changes us.
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