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If you loved Refusenik by Lynn Melnick, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Anthologies (multiple authors), American, Poetry, and Family & Relationships.

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A Son is Life’s Greatest Gift Words of Love and Advice for a Son Any Parent Would be Proud of — Gary Morris

A Son is Life’s Greatest Gift Words of Love and Advice for a Son Any Parent Would be Proud of

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Village Prodigies — Rodney Jones

Village Prodigies

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Think Positive Thoughts Every Day Poems to Inspire a Brighter Outlook on Life — Patricia Wayant

Think Positive Thoughts Every Day Poems to Inspire a Brighter Outlook on Life

Patricia Wayant

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Viable — Chloe Yelena Miller

Chloe Yelena Miller

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Bicycles Love Poems — Nikki Giovanni

Bicycles Love Poems

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Can You Sign My Tentacle? Poems — Brandon O’Brien

Can You Sign My Tentacle? Poems — Brandon O’Brien

Brandon O'Brien

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

An Introduction to English Poetry — James Fenton

An Introduction to English Poetry

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

When a Purple Rose Blooms — Jeneé Darden

When a Purple Rose Blooms

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

The Waste Land, and Other Poems — Thomas Stearns Eliot

The Waste Land, and Other Poems

Thomas Stearns Eliot

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Black Lightning Poetry-in-progress — Eileen Tabios

Black Lightning Poetry-in-progress

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Committed to Memory 100 Best Poems to Memorize — John Hollander

Committed to Memory 100 Best Poems to Memorize

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Summer Snow New Poems — Robert Hass

Summer Snow New Poems

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Homeland and Other Stories — Barbara Kingsolver

Homeland and Other Stories

Barbara Kingsolver

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

The Vintage Book of African American Poetry 200 Years of Vision, Struggle, Power, Beauty, and Triumph from 50 Outstanding Poets — Michael S. Harper

The Vintage Book of African American Poetry 200 Years of Vision, Struggle, Power, Beauty, and Triumph from 50 Outstanding Poets

Michael S. Harper

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Original Poems — Ursula Dehne

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Engrams Seven Years in Asia : Poems — Ana Pugatch

Engrams Seven Years in Asia : Poems

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

How We Do it Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill — Jericho Brown

How We Do it Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Nouns and Verbs New and Selected Poems — Campbell McGrath

Nouns and Verbs New and Selected Poems

Campbell McGrath

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

The Portable Malcolm Cowley — Malcolm Cowley

The Portable Malcolm Cowley

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

High Lonesome Stories 1966-2006 — Joyce Carol Oates

High Lonesome Stories 1966-2006

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Learn Then Burn 2 This Time It’s Personal — Tim Stafford

Learn Then Burn 2 This Time It’s Personal

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Dear Africa An Intimate Collection of God’s Written Affection — Antoinette Brazelton

Dear Africa An Intimate Collection of God’s Written Affection

Antoinette Brazelton

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

America in Poetry With Paintings, Drawings, Photographs, and Other Works of Art — Charles Sullivan

America in Poetry With Paintings, Drawings, Photographs, and Other Works of Art

Charles Sullivan

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

The Walk to Cefalù — Lynne Viti

The Walk to Cefalù

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • American • Poetry

Fans of Refusenik by Lynn Melnick will find 24 titles here, all united by Anthologies (multiple authors), American, Poetry. Authors represented include Gary Morris, Rodney Jones, Patricia Wayant, Chloe Yelena Miller, and others.

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