| Intrusions | 1981 |
| Floating in My Mother's Palm | 1990 |
| Stones From The River | 1995 |
| Salt Dancers | 1996 |
| The Vision of Emma Blau | 2000 |
| Sacred Time | 2003 |
| The Worst Thing I've Done | 2007 |
| Collections | |
| Unearned Pleasures and Other Stories | 1988 |
| Hotel of the Saints | 2001 |
| Picture Books | |
| Trudi and Pia | 2003 |
| Non-Fiction | |
| Tearing The Silence: Being German In America | 1997 |