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Across Women Authors, Subjects & Themes, American, and Poetry — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Breakable Things by Loren Kleinman.

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Top related books to Breakable Things

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod — Traci Brimhall

Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

The Coronary Garden Poems — Ann Townsend

The Coronary Garden Poems

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

The Poems of Phillis Wheatley — Phillis Wheatley

The Poems of Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Good Stock Strange Blood — Dawn Lundy Martin

Good Stock Strange Blood

Dawn Lundy Martin

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Mad Honey Symposium — Sally Wen Mao

Mad Honey Symposium

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

The Master Letters Poems — Lucie Brock-Broido

The Master Letters Poems

Lucie Brock-Broido

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Sleeping with Houdini Poems — Nin Andrews

Sleeping with Houdini Poems

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Dear Girl — Aija Mayrock

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns — Andrea Gibson (Poet)

Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns

Andrea Gibson (Poet)

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Come, Thief Poems — Jane Hirshfield

Come, Thief Poems

Jane Hirshfield

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Dearly New Poems — Margaret Atwood

Dearly New Poems

Margaret Atwood

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

The Pocket Emily Dickinson — Emily Dickinson

The Pocket Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

The Crooked Inheritance Poems — Marge Piercy

The Crooked Inheritance Poems

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

A Mary Oliver Collection A Thousand Mornings, Dog Songs, Blue Horses, and Felicity — Mary Oliver

A Mary Oliver Collection A Thousand Mornings, Dog Songs, Blue Horses, and Felicity

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

What Kind of Woman Poems — Kate Baer

What Kind of Woman Poems

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Dream Apartment — Lisa Olstein

Dream Apartment

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Chrome Valley Poems — Mahogany L. Browne

Chrome Valley Poems

Mahogany L. Browne

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

In the Lateness of the World Poems — Carolyn Forché

In the Lateness of the World Poems

Carolyn Forché

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Future Rounds the Curve — Patricia Barone

Future Rounds the Curve

Patricia Barone

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Only — Rebecca Foust

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Make Me Rain Poems & Prose — Nikki Giovanni

Make Me Rain Poems & Prose

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Harbinger Poems — Shelley Puhak

Harbinger Poems

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

All Dogs Are Good Poems & Memories — Courtney Peppernell

All Dogs Are Good Poems & Memories

Courtney Peppernell

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

American Dreams — Sapphire

American Dreams

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Women Authors, Subjects & Themes, American — the same threads that run through Breakable Things by Loren Kleinman. Among the authors featured: Traci Brimhall, Ann Townsend, Phillis Wheatley, Dawn Lundy Martin, and others.

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