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24 books recommended for fans of Last Poems by John Farris, tied together by themes of Death, Grief, Loss, African American & Black, Subjects & Themes, and American.

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Each title here shares meaningful common ground with Last Poems — in theme, mood, or literary style.

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Knew The Poetic Screenplay

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Ugly Love Notes from the Negro Side of the Moon — Earl S. Braggs

Ugly Love Notes from the Negro Side of the Moon

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

We Alive, Beloved Poems — Frederick Joseph

We Alive, Beloved Poems

Frederick Joseph

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

The Day-Breakers — Michael Fraser

The Day-Breakers

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Anodyne — Khadijah Queen

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

How to Carry Water Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton — Lucille Clifton

How to Carry Water Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Monument — Natasha Trethewey

Natasha Trethewey

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Whiskey Words and Shovel Boxed Set Volume 1-3 — R. H. Sin

Whiskey Words and Shovel Boxed Set Volume 1-3

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Mama Phife Represents — Cheryl Boyce-Taylor

Mama Phife Represents

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Patter Poems — Douglas Kearney

Douglas Kearney

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

The Tradition: Civic Dialogue Edition — Jericho Brown

The Tradition: Civic Dialogue Edition

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Alive at the End of the World Poems — Saeed Jones

Alive at the End of the World Poems

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

A Midnight Moon — R. H. Sin

A Midnight Moon

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Seeing the Body Poems — Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Seeing the Body Poems

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Thief in the Interior — Phillip B. Williams

Thief in the Interior

Phillip B. Williams

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Book of Hours Poems — Kevin Young

Book of Hours Poems

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

New and Collected Hell A Poem — Shane McCrae

New and Collected Hell A Poem

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Flowers on the Moon — Billy Chapata

Flowers on the Moon

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

A Fortune for Your Disaster — Hanif Abdurraqib

A Fortune for Your Disaster

Hanif Abdurraqib

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

The Freedom of Forward — Morgan Richard Olivier

The Freedom of Forward

Morgan Richard Olivier

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Library of Small Catastrophes — Alison C. Rollins

Library of Small Catastrophes

Alison C. Rollins

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Unfold Poetry + Prose — Ari B. Cofer

Unfold Poetry + Prose

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Room Swept Home — Remica Bingham-Risher

Room Swept Home

Remica Bingham-Risher

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

Love Is a Dangerous Word The Selected Poems of Essex Hemphill — Essex Hemphill

Love Is a Dangerous Word The Selected Poems of Essex Hemphill

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • African American & Black • Subjects & Themes

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Death, Grief, Loss, African American & Black, Subjects & Themes — the same threads that run through Last Poems by John Farris. Among the authors featured: T. L. Sanders, Earl S. Braggs, Frederick Joseph, Michael Fraser, and others.

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