Anthologies:
Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology (Bedford Books, 2009),
Latino Boom: Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature (Longman Press, 2006),
Lengua Fresca: Latinos Writing on the Edge (Houghton Mifflin, 2006),
The Face of Poetry (University of California Press, 2005),
A Poet's Truth: Conversations with Latino/Latina Poets (University of Arizona Press, 2003),
California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present (Heyday Books, 2003),
Renaming Ecstasy: Latino Writings on the Sacred (Bilingual Review Press, 2003),
Another City: Writings from Los Angeles (City Lights, 2001),
Lucky Break: How I Became a Writer (Heinemann Books, 1999),
Not for the Academy (Only Women Press, 1999),
Sleeping with One Eye Open: Women Writers on Surviving as Artists (University of Georgia Press, 1999),
In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction (Norton, 1996),
Grand Passion: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond (Red Wind Books, 1995)
Prizes:
PEN Center USA Literary Award 2000
NEA Fellowship in Poetry
California Arts Council Artist Fellowship
Brody Arts Fund Literary Award
Kathryn A. Morton Literary Prize
Editor's Prize, Spoon River Review