Books
- The Art and Imagination of W.E.B. DuBois (Harvard, 1976)
- The Life of Langston Hughes (Oxford, 2 vols., 1986, 1988)
- Days of Grace: A Memoir (Knopf, 1993), co-authored with Arthur Ashe
- Jackie Robinson: A Biography (Knopf, 1997)
- Ralph Ellison: A Biography (Knopf, 2007)
In addition, he has edited several volumes including the following:
- Collected Poems of Langston Hughes,
- the Library of America edition (2 vols.) of works by Richard Wright, including revised individual editions of Native Son and Black Boy
- Slavery and the Literary Imagination (as co-author)
- Race and American Culture (co-editor with Shelley Fisher Fishkin) - of the book series published by Oxford University Press
- Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes (co-editor with David Roessel) (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2006)
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