Carol Ann Davis

Carol Ann Davis is the author of The Nail in the Tree: Essays on Art, Violence, and Childhood. She is a professor of English at Fairfield University, and lives in Newtown, Connecticut.

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10 Years After Sandy Hook, Here We Are Again

I wish I could tell the people of Uvalde that they will be the last mourners. But in the decade since the Newtown shooting, we’ve refused to answer the question of what it would take to actually change something.
- Carol Ann Davis
- May 25, 2022
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Seven Autumns of Mourning in Newtown

The weeks between Halloween and December 14, the anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, are heavy with memory for the entire community.
- Carol Ann Davis
- November 27, 2019

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Carol Ann Davis

10 Years After Sandy Hook, Here We Are Again

Seven Autumns of Mourning in Newtown