Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth book by this highly praised African American poet, one which collects 104 poems, including 18 new poems. A title in the Southern Messenger Poets series. xiii, 101 pp. ISBN: 0-807123137.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a young woman, growing up as the child of a clergyman in a small town in Virginia, coming to terms both with her abandoment by her mother at age six, and the expectations of her father. 404 pp. Dust jacket by Honi Werner. ISBN: 0-688-065317.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. dj. Hardcover first edition - A wonderful selection of this award-winning Southern poet's work from 20 years - including 24 new poems. Topics range from the seemingly simple "Mule" and "Mosquito" to the longer "Decadence" which is a vivid picture of our modern life. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-618-624309.

London: Pandora, (1986.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Grace Paley described this novel as "a sunny, windy, wide-open wild horse prairie on which four fierce, memorable women struggle alone and with each other to be truthful, to live outside the lives that have broken, darkened or closeted our women's lives." 231 pp. Cover art by Sue Sluggett. ISBN: 0-86358-0963.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, set in Texas, about the conflicts caused by being a Baptist preacher's only son in a small town, but also about the love between a father and son, a love which persists despite disappointment, growing independence and frustrated expectations. Cover praise by Clyde Edgerton and Herbert Gold. 270 pp. ISBN: 0-912697776.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, set in Texas, about the conflicts caused by being a Baptist preacher's only son in a small town, but also about the love between a father and son, a love which persists despite disappointment, growing independence and frustrated expectations. SIGNED on the front endpaper. Cover praise by Clyde Edgerton and Herbert Gold. 270 pp. ISBN: 0-912697776.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel. set in Texas, about the conflicts caused by being a Baptist preacher's only son in a small town, but also about the love between a father and son, a love which persists despite disappointment, growing independence and frustrated expectations. SIGNED on the front endpaper. Cover praise by Clyde Edgerton and Herbert Gold. 270 pp. ISBN: 0-912697776.

New York: Viking, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Grace Paley described this novel as "a sunny, windy, wide-open wild horse prairie on which four fierce, memorable women struggle alone and with each other to be truthful, to live outside the lives that have broken, darkened or closeted our women's lives."

New York: Viking, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Grace Paley described this novel as "a sunny, windy, wide-open wild horse prairie on which four fierce, memorable women struggle alone and with each other to be truthful, to live outside the lives that have broken, darkened or closeted our women's lives."