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24 titles for readers of Scratching the Ghost Poems by Dexter L. Booth, selected for shared themes: African American & Black, American, and Poetry.

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Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Scratching the Ghost Poems.

Tapping Out Poems — Nandi Comer

Tapping Out Poems

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

For the Confederate Dead — Kevin Young

For the Confederate Dead

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Hijas de América Latina una antología global — Sandra Guzman

Hijas de América Latina una antología global

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

When Did We Stop Being Cute? — Martin Wiley

When Did We Stop Being Cute?

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

The Hill We Climb An Inaugural Poem for the Country — Amanda Gorman

The Hill We Climb An Inaugural Poem for the Country

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Unfold Poetry + Prose — Ari B. Cofer

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Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Bessie’s Resurrection — Kimberly A. Collins

Bessie’s Resurrection

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Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

After the Fireworks Three Novellas — Aldous Huxley

After the Fireworks Three Novellas

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Next New Poems — Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Excuse Me as I Kiss the Sky — Rudy Francisco

Excuse Me as I Kiss the Sky

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Wind in a Box — Terrance Hayes

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Vexation of Spirit A Collection of Poetry — Gerald W. Masters

Vexation of Spirit A Collection of Poetry

Gerald W. Masters

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

The Strength That Stays — Morgan Richard Olivier

The Strength That Stays

Morgan Richard Olivier

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Living Weapon Poems — Rowan Ricardo Phillips

Living Weapon Poems

Rowan Ricardo Phillips

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Poems Maya Angelou — Maya Angelou

Poems Maya Angelou

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

The Road to Recovery — KEISHA KENYATTA. PORCHER

The Road to Recovery

KEISHA KENYATTA. PORCHER

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

We Hope This Reaches You in Time — R. H. Sin

We Hope This Reaches You in Time

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Off The Block Volume II — Quincy L. Lewis

Off The Block Volume II

Quincy L. Lewis

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

We Alive, Beloved Poems — Frederick Joseph

We Alive, Beloved Poems

Frederick Joseph

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Nirvana Pieces of Self-Healing II — Michael Tavon

Nirvana Pieces of Self-Healing II

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Uncle Tom’s Children Novellas — Richard Wright

Uncle Tom’s Children Novellas

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

Bubbles One Conscious Breath — Tantra Zawadi

Bubbles One Conscious Breath

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

A Body of Water — Chioma Urama

A Body of Water

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

The Oxford Handbook of Nineteenth-Century American Literature — Russ Castronovo

The Oxford Handbook of Nineteenth-Century American Literature

Russ Castronovo

Themes: African American & Black • American • Poetry

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Scratching the Ghost Poems by Dexter L. Booth. Connected by African American & Black, American, Poetry. Authors featured include Nandi Comer, Kevin Young, Sandra Guzman, Martin Wiley, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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