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Across Places, Inspirational & Religious, Subjects & Themes, and American — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Absentia by William Stobb.

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Museum of Objects Burned by the Souls in Purgatory — Jeffrey Thomson

Museum of Objects Burned by the Souls in Purgatory

Jeffrey Thomson

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

The Common Man — Maurice Manning

Maurice Manning

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

School of the Arts Poems — Mark Doty

School of the Arts Poems

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Leaves of Grass Selected Poems — Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass Selected Poems

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

The Book of Trees — Sean M. Conrey

The Book of Trees

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Selected Poems of Frank O’Hara — Frank O’Hara

Selected Poems of Frank O’Hara — Frank O’Hara

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Everything that Rises — Joseph Stroud

Everything that Rises

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

I Hope this Finds You Well Poems — Kate Baer

I Hope this Finds You Well Poems

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

The Caiplie Caves — Karen Solie

The Caiplie Caves

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

This Voice in My Heart A Genocide Survivor’s Story of Escape, Faith, and Forgiveness — Gilbert Tuhabonye

This Voice in My Heart A Genocide Survivor’s Story of Escape, Faith, and Forgiveness

Gilbert Tuhabonye

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Plat — Lindsey Webb

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Sliver A Sliver of Many Topics A Decade of Free Verse Poetry and Prose (1998-2008) — Seth Pesek

Sliver A Sliver of Many Topics A Decade of Free Verse Poetry and Prose (1998-2008)

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

About Time — Neil Hilborn

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Psalms for the City Original Poetry Inspired by the Places We Call Home — John-Paul Flintoff

Psalms for the City Original Poetry Inspired by the Places We Call Home

John-Paul Flintoff

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Venetian Mirrors — Jakob Ziguras

Venetian Mirrors

Themes: Places • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Fear of Description — Daniel Poppick

Fear of Description

Themes: Places • Subjects & Themes • American

New York and Other Lovers — George Guida

New York and Other Lovers

Themes: Places • Subjects & Themes • American

Selected Poems 1988-2013 — Seamus Heaney

Selected Poems 1988-2013

Themes: Places • Subjects & Themes • American

Bright Shade — Chelsea Harlan

Themes: Places • Subjects & Themes • American

I Do Everything I’m Told Poems — Megan Fernandes

I Do Everything I’m Told Poems

Megan Fernandes

Themes: Places • Subjects & Themes • American

The Waste Land — Thomas Stearns Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot

Themes: Places • Subjects & Themes • American

A Scrap in the Blessings Jar New and Selected Poems — David Bottoms

A Scrap in the Blessings Jar New and Selected Poems

Themes: Places • Subjects & Themes • American

The Death of Sitting Bear New and Selected Poems — N. Scott Momaday

The Death of Sitting Bear New and Selected Poems

N. Scott Momaday

Themes: Places • Subjects & Themes • American

Constellation Route — Matthew Olzmann

Constellation Route

Matthew Olzmann

Themes: Places • Subjects & Themes • American

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Places, Inspirational & Religious, Subjects & Themes — the same threads that run through Absentia by William Stobb. Among the authors featured: Jeffrey Thomson, Maurice Manning, Mark Doty, Walt Whitman, and others.

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