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Books like Black Swim

24 books recommended for fans of Black Swim by Nicholas Goodly, tied together by themes of Love & Erotica, Black Studies (Global), African American & Black, and LGBTQ.

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Top related books to Black Swim

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Black Swim.

Gay Voices of the Harlem Renaissance

A.B. Christa Schwarz

Themes: Love & Erotica • Black Studies (Global) • African American & Black

Good Dress Poems

Brittany Rogers

Themes: Love & Erotica • African American & Black • LGBTQ

The Essential June Jordan

June Jordan

Themes: Love & Erotica • African American & Black • LGBTQ

Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves

J. Drew Lanham

Themes: Black Studies (Global) • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

Themes: Love & Erotica • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

We Want Our Bodies Back Poems

Jessica Care Moore

Themes: Love & Erotica • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Pansy A Collection of Poetry

Andrea Gibson (Poet)

Themes: Love & Erotica • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

Alt-Nature

Saretta Morgan

Themes: African American & Black • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

Every Where Alien

Brad Walrond

Themes: African American & Black • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

#10

Perennial Fashion Presence Falling

Fred Moten

Themes: African American & Black • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

#11

Whiskey Words and a Shovel II

R. H. Sin

Themes: Love & Erotica • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

#12

Falling Toward the Moon

Robert M. Drake

Themes: Love & Erotica • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

#13

Excuse Me as I Kiss the Sky

Rudy Francisco

Themes: Love & Erotica • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

#14

Gay Heaven Is A Dance Floor but I Can’t Relax

charles theonia

Themes: Love & Erotica • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

#15

Please Love Me at My Worst

Michaela Angemeer

Themes: Love & Erotica • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

#16

I Am Tired of Being a Dandelion

Zane Frederick

Themes: Love & Erotica • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

#17

I Hope This Reaches Her in Time Revised Edition

R. H. Sin

Themes: Love & Erotica • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

#18

Natch

Sophia Dahlin

Themes: Love & Erotica • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

#19

Revenge of the Orgasm (An Erotic Autobiography)

Greatest Poet Alive

Themes: Love & Erotica • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

#20

Body’s a Bad Monster

Rowan Perez

Themes: Love & Erotica • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

#21

Live Oak, with Moss

Walt Whitman

Themes: Love & Erotica • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

#22

Chameleon Aura

Billy Chapata

Themes: Love & Erotica • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

#23

Coffee Days Whiskey Nights

Parker Lee

Themes: Love & Erotica • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

#24

School of the Arts Poems

Mark Doty

Themes: Love & Erotica • LGBTQ • Subjects & Themes

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Love & Erotica, Black Studies (Global), African American & Black — the same threads that run through Black Swim by Nicholas Goodly. Among the authors featured: A.B. Christa Schwarz, Brittany Rogers, June Jordan, J. Drew Lanham, and others.

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