Bibliography
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POETRY
- Embryo Poems, 1967-1971, Barlenmir (New York, NY), 1972, 2nd edition, 1974.
- Snake-back Solos: Selected Poems, 1969-1977, I. Reed Books (New York, NY), 1978.
- Skulls along the River, I. Reed Books (New York, NY), 1984.
- Soundings, Writers & Readers (New York, NY), 1988.
- Weather Reports: New and Selected Poems,Writers & Readers (New York, NY), 1991.
- Avalanche: Poems, Coffee House Press (Minneapolis, MN), 1996.
- Choruses: Poems, Coffee House Press (Minneapolis, MN), 1999.
- Transcircularities: New and Selected Poems, Coffee House Press (Minneapolis, MN), 2002.
- The Architecture of Language, Coffee House Press (Minneapolis, MN), 2006.
- Errançities, Coffee House Press (Minneapolis, MN), 2011.
OTHER
- (Editor) Watts Poets: A Book of New Poetry and Essays, House of Respect, 1968.
- (Editor, with Rainer Schulte) Giant Talk: An Anthology of Third World Writings, Random House (New York, NY), 1975.
- (Author of foreword) Arnold Adoff, editor, Celebrations: A New Anthology of Black American Poetry, Follet (Chicago, IL), 1977.
- (With David L. Wolper) The Inside Story of TV's "Roots," Warner Books (New York, NY), 1978.
- (Editor) James Baldwin: The Legacy, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1989.
- (With Miles Davis) Miles: The Autobiography, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY, 1989.
- Miles and Me, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA), 2000.
- (With Chris Gardner) The Pursuit of Happyness, HarperCollins/Amistad (New York, NY), 2006.
CHILDREN’S POETRY
- Take It to the Hoop, Magic Johnson, Illustrated by Shane W. Evans, Jump at the Sun (New York, NY), 2000.
- Little Stevie Wonder, Illustrated by Lisa Cohen, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2004.
- Hallelujah: The Story of Ray Charles, Illustrated by Brian Pinkney, Disney/Hyperion (New York, NY), 2013.
Also author of a screenplay, with Hugh Masekala; author of film script Thelonious Monk: American Composer, for Multiprises Film (New York, NY). Also founding editor of Confrontation: A Journal of Third World Literature and American Rag; guest editor of black poetry and black fiction issues of Mundus Artium, 1973; senior editor of River Styx, 1983—. Work represented in anthologies, including The New Black Poetry, 1969; We Speak As Liberators, 1970; New Black Voices, 1972; Black Spirits, 1972; Poetry of Black America, 1973; and A Rock against the Wind, 1973. Contributor to periodicals, including New Directions, Mundus Artium, Iowa Review, Black World, Callaloo, Essence, Antioch Review, Black Creation, Negro American Literature Forum, Umbra, Mediterranean Review, Concerning Poetry, Sumac, Paris Match, Black Review, New York Quarterly, and Village Voice.
