The New Black Poetry, 1969

Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stores, 1993 (Book of The Month's Club's Quality Paperback Book Club Selection, 1993)

The Garden Thrives: Twentieth Century African-American Poetry, 1996 (The Readers' Subscription Book Club Selection, 1996)

Clarence Major and His Art: Portraits of an African-American Postmodernist, 2001