License to Carry a Gun (poetry) 1970
The History of the Growth of Heaven (poetry) 1971
The Life and Times of an Involuntary Genius (memoirs) 1975
In America's Shoes (memoirs) 1983
Selected Poems, 1970–1980 (poetry) 1983
A Craving for Swan (essays) 1986
Comrade Past & Mister Present (poetry and prose) 1986
The Disappearance of the Outside (essays) 1987
Monsieur Teste in America (short stories) 1987
American Poetry since 1970: Up Late (editor) (poetry) 1988
The Hole in the Flag (memoirs) 1991
Road Scholar (travel essays) 1993
The Blood Countess (novel) 1995
The Muse is Always Half-Dressed in New Orleans (essays) 1995
Alien Candor: Selected Poems 1970–1995 (poetry) 1996
The Dog with the Chip in His Neck (essays) 1996
Blood Countess (novel) 1998
Hail Babylon!: In Search of the American City at the End of the Millennium (essays) 1998
A Bar in Brooklyn: Novellas and Stories 1970–1978 (short stories) 1999
Ay Cuba!: A Socio-Erotic Journey (travel essays) 1999
Messiah (novel) 1999