Marilyn Nelson - Published Works

Published Works

Poetry Books

  • Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World, Dial Books, 2009, Illustrator Jerry Pinkney, ISBN 9780803731875
  • The Freedom Business: Including A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa. Front Street. 2008. ISBN 978-1-932425-57-4.
  • A Wreath for Emmett Till. Illustrator Philippe Lardy. Houghton Mifflin. 2005. ISBN 978-0-618-39752-5.
  • The Cachoeira Tales, and Other Poems. Louisiana State University Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8071-3064-3.
  • Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem (Front Street, 2004, notes and annotations by Pamela Espeland)
  • Carver, a Life in Poems, Front Street, 2001, ISBN 978-1-886910-53-9
  • The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems. Louisiana State University Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-8071-2175-7.
  • Magnificat. Louisiana State University Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-8071-1921-1.
  • The Homeplace. Louisiana State University Press. 1990. ISBN 978-0-8071-1641-8.
  • Mama's Promises. Louisiana State University Press. 1985. ISBN 978-0-8071-1250-2.
  • For the Body, Louisiana State University Press, 1978, ISBN 978-0-8071-0464-4

Chapbooks

  • She-Devil Circus (Aralia Press, 2001)
  • Triolets for Triolet (Curbstone Press, 2001)
  • Partial Truth (The Kutenai Press, 1992)
  • Hundreds of Hens and other poems for children by Halfdan Rasmussen (Black Willow Press, 1982, with Pamela Espeland, illustrations by D.M. Robinson)
  • The Freedom Business: Connecticut Landscapes Through the Eyes of Venture Smith (Lyme Historical Society, Florence Griswold Museum, 2006, illustrated by American paintings from the Florence Griswold Museum)

Collaborative Books

  • Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color. with Elizabeth Alexander, illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Wordsong. 2007. ISBN 978-1-59078-456-3.
  • Pemba’s Song : A Ghost Story (Scholastic Press, 2008, with Tonya Hegamin)
  • The Cat Walked Through the Casserole (Carolrhoda Books, 1984, with Pamela Espeland, various illustrators)
  • Hundreds of Hens and other poems for children by Halfdan Rasmussen (Black Willow Press, 1982, with Pamela Espeland, illustrations by D.M. Robinson)

Translations

  • The Ladder by Halfdan Rasmussen (translated from Danish, Candlewick, 2006, illustrated by Pierre Pratt)
  • The Thirteenth Month by Inge Pedersen (translated from Danish, Oberlin College Press, 2005)
  • Hecuba by Euripedes, in Euripedes I, Penn Greek Drama Series (translated from earlier English translations, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998)
  • Hundreds of Hens and other poems for children' by Halfdan Rasmussen (translated from Danish, Black Willow Press, 1982, with Pamela Espeland, illustrations by D.M. Robinson)

Books for Young Children

  • Snook Alone, Candlewick Press, 2010, Illustrator Timothy Basil Ering, ISBN 978-0-7636-2667-9
  • Beautiful Ballerina (Scholastic Press, 2009, photographs by Susan Kuklin), ISBN 978-0-545-08920-3
  • The Ladder by Halfdan Rasmussen (Candlewick, 2006)
  • The Cat Walked Through the Casserole (Carolrhoda Books, 1984)
  • Hundreds of Hens and other poems for children by Halfdan Rasmussen (Black Willow Press, 1982, with Pamela Espeland, illustrations by D.M. Robinson)

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