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The Yellow House on the Corner
Carnegie Mellon Press,
1980
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Museum
Carnegie Mellon Press,
1983
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Fifth Sunday
(Collection of Short Stories)
University of Kentucky (Callaloo Fiction Series),
1985
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Thomas and Beulah
Carnegie Mellon Press,
1986
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Grace Notes
New York:
W. W. Norton,
1989
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Through the Ivory Gate
(Novel)
Pantheon Books,
1992
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Selected Poems
Pantheon/Vintage,
1993
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The Darker Face of the Earth: A Verse Play in Fourteen Scenes
(Drama)
Story Line Press,
1994
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Mother Love
New York:
W. W. Norton,
1995
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The Poet's World
(Published Lectures)
Washington, D.C.:
The Library of Congress,
1995
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On the Bus with Rosa Parks
New York:
W. W. Norton,
1999
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American Smooth
New York:
W. W. Norton,
2004
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Sonata Mulattica
New York:
W. W. Norton,
2009