What is there to say after news like Newtown, Connecticut?

I have nothing further to say that hasn’t already been said. I share in the nation’s grief for this tragic loss of life.

There are some important articles to read on this trying time in America and I hope no one has taken the past year–or past two decades–of violence lightly.

Follow author Joyce Carol Oates on Twitter

The New Yorker: Guns and the Limits of Shame

Mother Jones: Mass Shootings Investigation

Please read “I am Adam Lanza’s Mother” if you have not already. There is some strong language in it so I won’t link it here. It is a piece about mental illness and it’s a powerful one.

CNN: A List of the Victims. I hate to encourage the media peering into the grieving families at this time but the victims should be remembered.

Have a safe and wonderful holiday. I know I have a new perspective after what happened last week.