Bibliography
- 1984: A Piece of Mine
- 1986: Homemade Love, 1989 American Book Award winner
- 1987: Some Soul to Keep
- 1991: Family
- 1991: The Matter Is Life
- 1994: In Search of Satisfaction
- 1996: Some Love, Some Pain, Some Time: Stories
- 1998: The Wake of the Wind
- 2001: The Future Has a Past
- 2003: Age Ain't Nothing but a Number: Black Women Explore Midlife (contributor), edited by Carleen Brice
- 2004: Some People, Some Other Place
- 2006: Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Stories
- 2009: Life is Short but Wide
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