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  • Illinois poet's new work uses Gettysburg battlefield to reflect on race, national identity

    Mar 29, 2021 10:00 am by Jodi HeckelResearch
    The book’s cover image: a map of the town of Gettysburg, Pa., in green; the Gettysburg battlefield, in red; and the roads connecting the two.

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    • The book’s cover image: a map of the town of Gettysburg, Pa., in green; the Gettysburg battlefield, in red; and the roads connecting the two.

    Professor Christopher Kempf’s poems were influenced by the language on the monuments at Gettysburg National Military Park, as well as letters written by soldiers who fought at Gettysburg and eyewitness accounts of the battle.