{"title":"Matt Donovan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatt Donovan\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts narratives rich in cultural observation and artistic flair. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Dug-Up Gun Museum\u003c\/em\u003e, blend vivid storytelling with a keen eye for the nuances of human experience and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders drawn to explorations of identity, history, and the interplay between past and present will find Donovan’s writing both thought-provoking and evocative. His books invite reflection on the ways art and memory shape our understanding of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-dug-up-gun-museum-by-matt-donovan-9781950774753","title":"The Dug-Up Gun Museum","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTraveling the nation, Matt Donovan examines the paradox of a country plagued by gun violence yet consumed with protecting the right to bear arms.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMatt Donovan's \u003cem\u003eThe Dug-Up Gun Museum\u003c\/em\u003e confronts our country's obsession with guns to explore America's deep-seated political divisions and issues linked to violence, race, power, and privilege. Taking its title from an actual museum located in Wyoming, this collection of poems interrogates our country's history of gun violence, asking questions about our fetishization of weapons, how mass shootings and the killing of unarmed civilians by police have become normalized, and the multitudinous ways in which firearms are ingrained in our country's culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMuch like the poet himself, Donovan's poems are dynamic and constantly in motion as he explores the ways in which capitalism and its relentless stream of content have led to a collective desensitization in the face of violence. In turns harrowing, elegiac, and ironic, set in locations ranging from Cody to Chicago, from Las Vegas to Sandy Hook, \u003cem\u003eThe Dug-Up Gun Museum\u003c\/em\u003e probes America's failures, bizarre infatuations, and innumerable tragedies linked to guns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455760744684,"sku":"9781950774753","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/81n7WbT7dFL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774797143"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/matt-donovan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}