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The Civil War in Baltimore -- Now Available ($17, Word Press)
Jerry Wemple's The Civil War in Baltimore is a book that crosses divides: between North and South, between white and black, between history and the present. The chorus of voices in his poetry sings a collective lament about American scars and the longing to be healed.
- "In austere and impeccable language that resonates over a setting as bare as a tragic stage, Jerry Wemple's wonderful new collection, The Civil War in Baltimore, takes the reader on an almost unbearable journey that moves through half empty towns where 'each summer more girls depart:/This one to classrooms in State College./Another married, off living in Lewistown,/Clerking in the county courthouse.' Everything is heading out and away toward more trouble. From these meager lives and places, Jerry Wemple creates real beauty, compassing, and understanding. The Civil War in Baltimore is a triumph."--Harry Humes
Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania -- Now Available ($24.95, Penn State Press, co-edited with Marjorie Maddox)
With its panoramic vision of Pennsylvania, its culture, and its thriving literary heritage, Common Wealth is a collection of remembrance for a state that continues to inspire countless contributions to American literature.
Keystone poets Marjorie Maddox and Jerry Wemple celebrate Pennsylvania with this wide range of new and veteran poets, including former state poet Samuel Hazo, National Book Award winner Gerald Stern, Pulitzer Prize winners Maxine Kumin, W. S. Merwin, and W. D. Snodgrass, and Reading-born master John Updike. The book’s 103 poets also include such noted authors as Diane Ackerman, Maggie Anderson, Jan Beatty, Robin Becker, Jim Daniels, Toi Derricotte, Gary Fincke, Harry Humes, Julia Kasdorf, Ed Ochester, Jay Parini, Len Roberts, Sonia Sanchez, Betsy Sholl, and Judith Vollmer.
You Can See It from Here --Winner of the 2000 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award ($13, Lotus Press)
Selected by noted poet Yusef Komunyakaa, this book draws it energy from the twin-branched Susquehanna River, and the possibilities it suggests.
- "In his first book, Jerry Wemple writes from that vast space on the map between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. This region of forests, coal mines, farms, and small towns can be as hard and silent as stone, yet in his departures and returnings, Wemple makes even its bars and bigots sing. I am glad for these sometimes troubled, sometimes joyful songs. And I won't soon forget what they've taught me about a place I once thought I knew." -- Julia Kasdorf
"Arriving on the scene with wisdom, subtle craft, cool surveillance and immense heart, You Can See It from Here introduces a new poet who shows all the signs of becoming an essential voice and necessary messenger, or perhaps a recording angel --one who's been in all the wars and measures our human ways with acute magnanimity." -- Dara Wier
Autographed Copies
Send a check or money for the cover price, plus $2 shipping for first book and $1 for each additional book.
J. Wemple
7085 Scenic Knolls Drive
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Ordering Information
Books by Jerry Wemple are available from your local bookstore (ask them to order if what you want isn't in stock). You can also order online directly from the publishers, or from other online retailers such as Barnes & Noble.
Click on the links below to visit the publishers' web sites.
The Civil War in Baltimore
Word Press
Common Wealth
Penn State Press
You Can See It from Here
Lotus Press
Here is a link to the WPSU-FM "BookMark" review of Common Wealth.
Sample poems on the web
Laughing Hermit Reading Series
From The Civil War in Baltimore
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