jump the gun digs deep intoampamp160the dark undercurrents of grief and gun violence that shadow our daily lives in America. These poems uprootampamp160the hiddenampamp10recesses of life the stages and struggles of womanhood and our continual fight against violence both internal and external in the U.S. today.ampamp160The speaker in theseampamp10poems wrestles with the everyday fears and realities we often try to ignoreampamp10theampamp160complex expectationsampamp10placed on young girls and mothers alike the illusion of childhood innocenceampamp10andampamp160the very realampamp10consequences of our environmental destruction.Split into twoampamp10sectionswith poems that layer bloodsoaked images between closeups of theampamp10body andampamp160domestic lifeampamp8212this collection deftly illustrates the beauty that can beampamp10found inampamp160tragedy theampamp10fragility of the natural world and the resilience of the human relationshipsampamp10that fill it.To read jump the gunampamp10is to witness yourself through the crosshairs.