Poetry •
Factory Poems (Alma: Jack-in-the-Box Press, 1979) •
On the Line (Menomonee Falls: Signpost Press, 1981) •
Places/Everyone (Madison:
University of Wisconsin Press, 1985) •
The Long Ball (Pittsburgh: Pig-in-a-Poke Press, 1988) • ''Digger's Territory'' (Easthampton: Adastra Press, 1989) •
Punching Out (Detroit:
Wayne State University Press, 1990) •
Hacking It (St. Clair Shores: Ridgeway Press, 1992) •
M-80 (Pittsburgh:
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993) •
Niagara Falls (Easthampton: Adastra Press, 1994) •
Blessing the House (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993) •
Brooding the Heartlands (Huron: Bottom Dog Press, 1998) •
Blue Jesus (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2000) •
Black Vinyl, Red Vinyl (Toledo: Aureole Press, 2001) •
Greatest Hits (Johnstown: Pudding House Press, 2002) •
Night with Drive-by Shooting Stars (Kalamazoo:
New Issues Press, 2002) • ''Digger's Blues'', (Easthampton: Adastra Press, 2002) •
Show and Tell: New and Selected Poems (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003) •
Street (Huron: Bottom Dog Press, 2005) •
Now Showing (Burlington, Ontario: Aladada Books, 2006) •
Revolt of the Crash-Test Dummies (Cheney: Eastern Washington University Press, 2007) •
In Line for the Exterminator (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2007) •
From Milltown to Malltown (Grosse Pointe Farms: Marick Press, 2010) •
Having a Little Talk with Capital P Poetry (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2011) •
All of the Above. (Easthampton: Adastra Press, 2011) •
Birth Marks. (Rochester:
BOA Editions, 2013) •
Apology to the Moon, (Midland: BatCat Press, 2015) •
Rowing Inland, (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2017) •
Street Calligraphy (Bowling Green, KY: Steel Toe Books, 2017) •
The Middle Ages (Santa Fe, NM: Red Mountain Press, 2018) •
Gun/Shy (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2021) •
The Human Engine at Dawn (South Bend: Wolfson Press, 2022) •
Comment Card (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2024) •
Ars Poetica Chemistrica (Greensburgh, PA: WPA Press, 2025) •
Late Invocation for Magic (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, forthcoming, 2026)
Fiction •
No Pets, stories (Huron: Bottom Dog Press, 1999) •
Detroit Tales, stories (East Lansing:
Michigan State University Press, 2003) •
Mr. Pleasant, stories (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2007) •
Trigger Man: More Tales of the Motor City, stories (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2011) •
Eight Mile High, stories (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2014) •
The Perp Walk, stories (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2019) •
The Luck of the Fall, stories (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2023)
Nonfiction •
An Ignorance of Trees, essays (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: Cornerstone Press, 2025)
Screenplays •
No Pets, screenplay (director:
Tony Buba) (Braddock: Braddock Films, 1994) •
Dumpster, screenplay (director: John Rice) (Pittsburgh:
Three Rivers Film Festival, 2005) •
Mr. Pleasant, screenplay (director: John Rice) (Pittsburgh: Three Rivers Film Festival, 2010) •
The End of Blessings, screenplay (director: John Rice) (Pittsburgh: Three Rivers Film Festival, 2015)
Anthologies •
The Carnegie Mellon Anthology of Poetry, (co-editor) poetry anthology (Pittsburgh:
Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993) •
Letters to America: Contemporary Poetry on Race, (editor) poetry anthology (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995) •
American Poetry: The Next Generation, (co-editor) poetry anthology (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2000) •
Challenges to the Dream: The Best of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards, (editor) (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2017) •
R E S P E C T: The Poetry of Detroit Music, (co-editor) anthology (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2020) ==Sources==