POETRY
- She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks (Wesleyan University Press, October 2015)
- ZONG! (Wesleyan University Press, 2008)
- Grammar of Dissent–An Anthology featuring the work of M. NourbeSe Philip (Goose Lane Editions, 1995)
- Looking For Livingstone (The Mercury Press, 1991)
- Salmon Courage (Williams Wallace Inc., 1983)
- Thorns (Williams Wallace Inc., 1980)
NOVELS
- Harriet’s Daughter (Heinemann Educational Books, 1988)
ESSAYS
- Frontiers: Selected Essays and Writings on Racism and Culture 1984-1992 (The Mercury Press, 1996)
- A Genealogy of Resistance–and other essays (The Mercury Press, 1997)
- Showing Grit–Showboating North of the 44th Parallel (1993)