| The Soloist | 1986 |
| Veronica | 1996 |
| A Trip To The Stars | 2000 |
| Franklin Flyer | 2002 |
| The Bestiary | 2007 |
| Collections | |
| On Tour With Rita | 1982 |
| A Short History of the Island of Butterflies | 1985 |
| Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse and Other Poems | 1988 |
| In The Year of the Comet: Poems | 1991 |
| 5 Degrees and Other Poems | 1995 |
| The Creation of the Night Sky: Poems | 1998 |
| Atomic Field: Two Poems | 2000 |
| Crossing The Equator: New and Selected Poems 1972-2004 | 2004 |
| Anthologies Edited | |
| Under 35: The New Generation of American Poets | 1989 |
| Walk on the Wild Side: Urban American Poetry Since 1975 | 1994 |
| Non-Fiction | |
| Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City | 1997 |