Bibliography
* Until Judgment Comes (short story collection), March 2007
* I Name Me Name (poetry collection), Peepal Tree Press, Sept-Oct 2006
* Eros Muse (poetry and essays), Africa World Press, March 2006 ISBN 1592213979
* Caribbean Passion (poetry collection) Peepal Tree Press, 2004
* The Tongue Is a Drum (poetry/jazz CD with Devorah Major), 2002
* Leaf-of-Life (poetry collection) Jukebox Press, 2000
* It Begins With Tears (fiction novel) Heinemann, 1997
* Tamarind and Mango Women (poetry collection) 1992 ISBN 0920813712
* Fierce Love (poetry/jazz recording with Devorah Major),1992.
* Traveling Women (short story collection with Devorah Major), Jukebox Press, 1989 ISBN 0932693016
* Bake-Face and Other Guava Stories (short story collection), Kelsey St. Press, 1986 ISBN 0932716202
* Pina, The Many-Eyed Fruit (children’s book) 1985
Awards
* Council for a performance of “Daughters of Yam,” with Devorah Major
* Pushcart Prize for the short story, "Duppy Get Her", 1987
* PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award for Tamarind and Mango Women, 1992
* Writer in Residence for Wadastick Artists & Scholars at Laurel Hill, North Carolina
* Writer in Residence for the McColl “Tryon” Center for the Visual Arts in Charlotte, NC
* Distinguished Writer for the Middle Atlantic Writers Association
* Creative Work Fund Grant for “West Oakland Senior Citizen Oral History Project,” San Francisco, CA
* Nominated International Woman of the Year International Biography Center, England
* Canute A. Brodhurst Prize for "The Brethren," in The Caribbean Writer, University of the Virgin Islands, St Croix
* Writer-in-Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausaulito, California
* Daily News Prize for best poems in The Caribbean Writer, University of the Virgin Islands, St Croix
* Master Folk Artist for Storytelling, California Arts Council
* Distinguished Bay Area Woman Writer Award/California Legislative Assembly Certificate of presented by the National Women's Political Caucus
* Master Folk Artist for Storytelling, California Arts Council
* Creative Work Fund Grant for “West Oakland Senior Citizen Oral History Project,” San Francisco, California
* Creative Artist Fellowship Award for Storytelling, Cultural Funding Program, City of Oakland
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