* The Day the Whites Came (2006)
* Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun (2007)
* Red Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes of Freedom (2009)
* Blues For A Dying Prince (2009)
* Incomparable World: a story of resilience, love and faith in the lives of three Haitian women (2010)
* The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (2013)
* The Trouble With Love is (2016)
* The Everlasting (2018)
* No Love Survive (2020)
* Big Girl Small (2021)
Poetry
* Butterfly's Wings(2005)
Novellas
* The Girl with Glass Feet (2007)
* The Fish That Climbs the Tree (2009)
* One Mighty and Strong (2010)
* When Fish Crow's Cry (2012)
* Love Medicine (2015)
* Sweetheart (2018)
* Ashes (2021)
Children's Books
* The Great Migration: Journey to the North(2007)
* Jump Up Time (2009)
* In the Time of the Drums(2011)
* Daddy There's a Noise(2012)
* My People are Rising (2012)
* The Honey Thief (2013)
Short Story Collection
* Everything You Hate Is Going To Die(2011)
* All The Things We Never Knew (2014)
* Love Lies (2017)
* Things She Said (2018)
Memoirs
* Someplace Beautiful (2008)