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24 titles for readers of Upend by Claire Meuschke, selected for shared themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander, Native American, American, and Poetry.

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Top related books to Upend

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

The People, Yes — Carl Sandburg

The People, Yes

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

My Favorite Warlord — Eugene Gloria

My Favorite Warlord

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Ocean of Clouds Poems — Garrett Hongo

Ocean of Clouds Poems

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Chinese Whispers Toward a Transpacific Poetics — Yunte Huang

Chinese Whispers Toward a Transpacific Poetics

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

To Build a Home — Hinnah Mian

To Build a Home

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

They Rise Like a Wave An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets — Allison Albino

They Rise Like a Wave An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Rose Poems — Li-Young Lee

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Thrall Poems — Natasha D. Trethewey

Natasha D. Trethewey

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Black Lightning Poetry-in-progress — Eileen Tabios

Black Lightning Poetry-in-progress

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Night Sky with Exit Wounds — Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Too Much and Not the Mood Essays — Durga Chew-Bose

Too Much and Not the Mood Essays

Durga Chew-Bose

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Song Of A Lotus Leaf — Renhui

Song Of A Lotus Leaf

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Organs of Little Importance — Adrienne Chung

Organs of Little Importance

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Schizophrene — Bhanu Kapil

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Collected Works of Kahlil Gibran (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) — Kahlil Gibran

Collected Works of Kahlil Gibran (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Feast — Ina Cariño

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Oceanic — Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Barangay An Offshore Poem — Adrian De Leon

Barangay An Offshore Poem

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Sincerely — F. S. Yousaf

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Here I Am Burn Me — Kimberly Nguyen

Here I Am Burn Me

Kimberly Nguyen

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

The Kingdom of Surfaces Poems — Sally Wen Mao

The Kingdom of Surfaces Poems

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

Doveglion: Collected Poems — Jose Garcia Villa

Doveglion: Collected Poems — Jose Garcia Villa

José García Villa

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

The Sky Isn’t Blue — Janice Lee

The Sky Isn’t Blue

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

When I was the Wind Poems — Hannah Lee Jones

When I was the Wind Poems

Hannah Lee Jones

Themes: Asian American & Pacific Islander • American • Poetry

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Asian American & Pacific Islander, Native American, American — the same threads that run through Upend by Claire Meuschke. Among the authors featured: Carl Sandburg, Eugene Gloria, Garrett Hongo, Yunte Huang, and others.

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