• 2002 Say-the-Word Poetry Award from The Ellipse Art Center in Arlington, Virginia, for "The Dry Wallers Listen to Sinatra While They Work", chosen by David St. John
• 2001 Chapbook Award from The Center for Book Arts in New York City, for Against Elegies, selected by Sharon Dolin and Billy Collins
• 1996, The Carnegie Foundation named him Michigan Professor of the Year.

• "Night Gym", Ploughshares, Spring 1993
• "In the Last Seconds ", Ploughshares, Spring 1993

• After School, Samisdat (1987)
• Against Elegies, The Center for Book Arts, (2001)

Non-fiction

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Anthologies