Novels

• Falling, New York, Macmillan, 1973.
• Anya, New York, Macmillan, 1974.
• Time in Its Flight, New York, Doubleday, 1978.
• Love, New York, Dutton, 1981.
• First Nights, New York, Knopf, 1983.
• The Madness of a Seduced Woman, New York, Dutton, 1984.
• Mainland, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1985.
• The Injured Party, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1986.
• Buffalo Afternoon, New York, Knopf, 1989.
• Green Island, Penguin Books, 1994.
• The Golden Rope, New York, Knopf, 1996.
• The Autobiography of Foudini M. Cat, New York, Knopf, 1997.
• The Snow Fox, W.W. Norton, 2004.
• Poison, W.W. Norton, 2006.

Short Stories

• The Queen of Egypt, New York, Dutton, 1980.
• "In the Hospital and Elsewhere," in Prairie Schooner (Lincoln, Nebraska), Winter 1981-82.
• "Virginia; or, A Single Girl," in Prairie Schooner (Lincoln, Nebraska), Fall 1983.

Poetry

• The Witch and the Weather Report, New York, Seven Woods Press, 1972.
• Granite Lady, New York, Macmillan, 1974.
• The Rhymes and Runes of the Toad, New York, Macmillan, 1975.
• Alphabet for the Lost Years, San Francisco, Gallimaufry, 1976.
• The Red, White, and Blue Poem, Denver, The Ally, 1977.
• The Bible of the Beasts of the Little Field: Poems, New York, Dutton, 1980.

Children's Books

• The Dragons of North Chittendon, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1986.
• The Four Hoods and Great Dog, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1988.

• Granite Lady was nominated for a National Book Award for Poetry in 1974.
• Wallant award for Anya: 1974
• O. Henry Award: 1978, 1997, 2006
• St. Lawrence Book Award: 1984
• Guggenheim Fellowship: 1984
• Centennial Review Award for poetry: 1985
• The University of Chicago Alumni Association awarded her their Professional Achievement Citation in 1996