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What to read after Explode Epic Poetry by E. Maria Shelton Speller: 24 titles sharing themes of African American & Black Studies, Ethnic Studies, American, and Poetry, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Prophetic Poetry Holy Agitation for Peace, Justice, and Passion — Ronald L. Faust

Prophetic Poetry Holy Agitation for Peace, Justice, and Passion

Ronald L. Faust

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Maroon Choreography — fahima ife

Maroon Choreography

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

The Echo of a Cry in the Dark Poems — Amara Momoh

The Echo of a Cry in the Dark Poems

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

I Got Something to Say — Kim F. Layman

I Got Something to Say

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence — David Waldstreicher

The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence

David Waldstreicher

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Mr. and Mrs. Prince How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend — Gretchen Gerzina

Mr. and Mrs. Prince How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend

Gretchen Gerzina

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Complete Writings — Phillis Wheatley

Complete Writings

Phillis Wheatley

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Cruel Fiction — Wendy Trevino

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

The Pen I Wonder, I Know — Hamilton Sr G., David

The Pen I Wonder, I Know

Hamilton Sr G., David

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Fresh Thoughts — Douglas Moore, Jr.

Douglas Moore, Jr.

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Bum Rush the Page A Def Poetry Jam — Tony Medina

Bum Rush the Page A Def Poetry Jam

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Redbone Money, Malice, and Murder in Atlanta — Ron Stodghill

Redbone Money, Malice, and Murder in Atlanta

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Blue Skies-Limitless Horizons — Miriam Green Madison

Blue Skies-Limitless Horizons

Miriam Green Madison

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley — Phillis Wheatley

The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Next New Poems — Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

The Fire This Time A New Generation Speaks about Race — Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time A New Generation Speaks about Race

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

The Rhyme of the Sacred Tree — Christine Botchway

The Rhyme of the Sacred Tree

Christine Botchway

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf — Ntozake Shange

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Complete Poems — James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Testimony Young African-Americans on Self-discovery and Black Identity — Natasha Tarpley

Testimony Young African-Americans on Self-discovery and Black Identity

Natasha Tarpley

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Compelling Joy A Poetic Journey Through Life — William Aiken

Compelling Joy A Poetic Journey Through Life

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Olio O — Tyehimba Jess

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Just Us An American Conversation — Claudia Rankine

Just Us An American Conversation

Claudia Rankine

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Shadowed Dreams Women’s Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance — Maureen Honey

Shadowed Dreams Women’s Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Explode Epic Poetry by E. Maria Shelton Speller. Connected by African American & Black Studies, Ethnic Studies, American. Authors featured include Ronald L. Faust, fahima ife, Amara Momoh, Kim F. Layman, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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