Bibliography
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POETRY
- Ten Poems (chapbook), Penumbra Press (Lisbon, IA), 1977.
- The Only Dark Spot in the Sky (chapbook), Porch Publications (Phoenix, AZ), 1980.
- The Yellow House on the Corner, Carnegie Mellon University Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 1980.
- Mandolin (chapbook), Ohio Review (Athens, OH), 1982.
- Museum, Carnegie-Mellon University Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 1983.
- Thomas and Beulah, Carnegie-Mellon University Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 1986.
- The Other Side of the House, photographs by Tamarra Kaida, Pyracantha Press (Tempe, AZ), 1988.
- Grace Notes, Norton (New York, NY), 1989.
- Selected Poems, Pantheon (New York, NY), 1993.
- Lady Freedom among Us, Janus Press (Burke, VT), 1993.
- Mother Love: Poems, Norton (New York, NY), 1995.
- Evening Primrose (chapbook), Tunheim-Santrizos (Minneapolis, MN), 1998.
- On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems, Norton (New York, NY), 1999.
- American Smooth, Norton (New York, NY), 2004.
- Sonata Mulattica: Poems, Norton (New York, NY), 2009.
OTHER
- Fifth Sunday (short stories), University of Kentucky Press (Lexington, KY), 1985, 2nd edition, University Press of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA), 1990.
- Through the Ivory Gate (novel), Pantheon (New York, NY), 1992.
- The Darker Face of the Earth: A Play (first produced at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 1996; produced at Kennedy Center, 1997; produced in London, England, 1999), Story Line Press (Brownsville, OR), 1994, 3rd revised edition, 2000.
- (Author of foreword) Multicultural Voices: Literature from the United States, Scott Foresman (Glenview, IL), 1995.
- The Poet's World (essays), Library of Congress (Washington, DC), 1995.
- (Editor) The Best American Poetry 2000, Scribner (New York, NY), 2000.
- Conversations with Rita Dove, edited by Earl G. Ingersoll, University Press of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 2003.
- (Editor) The Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry, Penguin (New York, NY), 2011.
AUTHOR OF LYRICS
- The House Slave, music by Alvin Singleton, first presented at Spelman College, 1990.
- (With Linda Pastan) Under the Resurrection Palm, music by David Liptak, first presented by Eastman American Music series, 1993.
- Umoja: Each One of Us Counts, music by Alvin Singleton, first presented in Atlanta, GA, 1996.
- Singin' Sepia, music by Tania Leon (first presented in New York, NY), Continuum International Publishing (New York, NY), 1996.
- Grace Notes, music by Bruce Adolphe, first presented in New York, NY, 1997.
- The Pleasure's in Walking Through, music by Walter Ross, first presented in Charlottesville, VA, 1998.
- Seven for Luck, music by John Williams, first presented in Tanglewood, MA, 1998.
- Song for the Twentieth Century, music by John Williams, first presented in Washington, DC, as part of Stephen Spielberg's film The Unfinished Journey, 1999.
- Thomas and Beulah, music by Amnon Wolman, first presented in Chicago, IL, 2001.
