Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, (2016). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of poems from throughout his career - including some new, previously unpublished poems - by this award-winning poet. In December 2015, he was named California's poet laureate, and during his time in that position,he visited all 58 counties in California. This book was awarded the Poet's Prize in 2018. SIGNED on the title page. Laid in is a SIGNED bookmark celebrating his road tour as laureate and reprinting "California Hills in August" (one of the poems included in this book). ISBN: 978-1555977320.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1993.). SIGNED - Second novel by this important African American writer and poet, originally published in 1995. SIGNED on the title page. A New York Time Notable book. A title in the California Fiction series. 280 pp. Cover painting by Steven Henriques. ISBN: 0-520-207122.

New York: McGraw Hill, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel by this African American writer and poet. SIGNED on title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-07-0723605.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1975.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by this important African American writer and poet - not just for his own works, but also as an editor, as one of the founders of the literary magazine "Yardbird" and as a teacher. Poet laureate of California. SIGNED on the title page. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0122716.