The Verbs of Desiring (New American Press, 2010), Basic Heart, Winner of the X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize (Texas Review Press, 2009), The Museum of Lost Wings (Hill-Stead Museum, 2006), Someplace Like This: A Novel (The Permanent Press, 2003), The Revisionist's Dream (Avocet Press, 2001), The Various Reasons of Light (Avocet Press, 1998), Salt (University of Wisconsin Press, 1991)

The Book of Worst Meals: 25 Authors Write about Terrible Culinary Experiences (Serving House Books, 2010), Writers on the Job: Tales of the Non-Writing Life (Hopewell Publications, 2008), Writing Poems (Harper Collins, 1996)

American Voice, Bellevue Literary Review, Harvard Review, Kenyon Review, Poetry, The Literary Review