- Bourbon Burning (2021)
- Bitter and Sweet (2008)
- Finding Grace (2005)
- Just Call Me Jane (1999)
- The Water-Bearer: One Woman's Tale of Slavery, Freedom, and Survival (2002)
Non-fiction:
- I Don't Want Someone Else to Raise My Children (2018)
- You Gotta Keep Movin': The Never Told Life and Songs of a Sharecropper's Son (2017)
- Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine (2006)
Short stories:
- "My Mother's House" (2003)
- "The Woman Who Could Not Cry" (2004)
- "The Color of Water" (2005)
- "In the Bones of the Earth" (2007)
- "The Light in the Darkness" (2009)
Poetry:
- "Blues for Mississippi" (1998)
- "Jazz from a Minstrel's Soul" (2001)
- "The Rhythms of My Soul" (2004)
- "Songs from the Deep" (2007)
- "Whispers of the Wind" (2010)
Essays and articles:
- "The Importance of Black Literature in the 21st Century" (2018)
- "Finding My Voice: A Journey of Self-Discovery" (2019)
- "The Power of Storytelling" (2020)
- "Breaking the Chains: The Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for Freedom" (2021)
- "The Changing Landscape of Race Relations in America" (2022)