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Spaces in the Sage (1971) — poetry collection •
On Slim Unaccountable Bones: Poems (1974) — novel •
Never Past the Gate (1975) — novel •
With Love, Mother (1975) — poetry collection • ''A Woman's Place'' (1977) — novel •
Until Another Day for Butterflies (1978) — poetry collection •
Once in Israel (1980) — poetry collection •
How Much for the Earth? A Suite of Poems: About Time for Considering (1983) — poetry collection • "Where Can I Turn For Peace?" (1985)
hymn •
Things Happen: Poems of Survival (1991) — poetry collection •
Hope and Recovery: A Mother-Daughter Story About Anorexis Nervosa, Bulimia, and Manic Depression (1992) •
Clarice Short: Earthy Academic (1994) — biography/memoir • ''All God's Critters Got A Place in the Choir'' (1995) — personal essay collection with
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich • "The Place of Knowing" (2011) — personal memoir/autobiography == References ==