Primary Works  in Chronology

Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective, Chicago : Third World Press, 2006

How We Speak. Chicago : Third World Press, 2003

Love, Annie: A Book about Secrets. 1999

Dear Corinne, Tell Somebody! 1999

Just Us Books, 1999

Singing Black: Alternative Nursery Rhymes for Children.  ill. Ramon Price. 1998

A Dark and Splendid Mass. New York : Harlem River Press, 1992

Black Women Writers (1950-1980): A Critical Evaluation, Ed. New York : Doubleday, 1984

Nightstar: Poems 1973-1978. Los Angeles : University of California Center for African American Studies, 1981

Jim Flying High. illustrated by Ashley Bryan. Garden City: Doubleday, 1979

Whisper. Berkeley : University of California Center for African American Studies, 1979

Singing Black. Reed Visuals, 1976

I Look at Me! Chicago : Third World Press, 1974

Rap Stories. Chicago :  Third World Press, 1974

J. D. illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973

I Am A Black Woman. New York : William Morrow. 1970

Where Is All the Music? London : P. Breman, 1968

Books for Children

Singing Black: Alternative Nursery Rhymes for Children.  Illustrated by Ramon Price. 1998

Jim Flying High. illustrated by Ashley Bryan. 1979

Rap Stories. 1974

J.D. 1973

Look at Me

I'm Late.