Works
Poetry
- Mutatis Mutandis: 27 Invoices (1985)
- One Long Poem (1982)
- The Intussusception of Miss Mary America (1976)
- Legion: Civic Choruses (1973)
- Treasury Holiday : Thirty-Four Fits for the Opening of the Fiscal Year (1970)
Edited Reference Works
- A Handbook to Literature (5th - 12th Editions) (1984 - 2011)
- Classic Writings on Poetry (2005)
- The Classic Hundred: All-Time Favorite Poems (2nd Edition) (1998)
- The Top 500 Poems (1992)
- The Oxford book of American light verse (1979)
Literary Criticism
- Time in Ezra Pound's Work (1977)
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