Travels with George in Search of Ben Hur (University of South Carolina Press, 2011), Paul Ruffin: New and Selected Poems (Texas Christian University Press, 2010), Ruffin-It (Louisiana Literature Press, 2010), Cleaning the Well (Ellis Press, 2008), Jesus in the Mist (University of South Carolina Press, 2007), Segovia Chronicles (Louisiana Literature Press, 2007), Here's to Noah, Bless His Ark (Stone River Press, 2005), Here's to Noah, Bless His Ark (Stone River Press, 2005), Castle in the Gloom (University Press of Mississippi, 2004), The Book of Boys and Girls (Louisiana Literature Press, 2003), Pompeii Man (Louisiana Literary Press, 2002), Islands, Women, and God (Browder Springs Press, 2001), Circling (Browder Springs Press, 1997), The Man Who Would Be God (Southern Methodist University Press, 1993)

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