- *In the Shadow of the Crystal City: Poems* (1971)
- *The Sound Of Light: Verse* (1974)
- *The Surface Of The Deep* (1976)
- *The Field Below* (1978)
- *A Deeper Sea: New and Selected Poems* (1981)
- *The Song That Never Ends: New and Selected Poems* (1991)
- *American Poetry: The Next Generation* (1986)
- *American Nature Poetry* (1992)
- *Nature Poetry: An Introduction* (1996)
- *An Introduction to Poetry: A Guide for Readers and Writers* (1997)
- *American Poets Since World War II* (2000)
Essays and Criticism
- "Reflections on the Poetry of Gary Snyder" (1974)
- "The Poetry of Wendell Berry" (1976)
- "The Poetry of Denise Levertov" (1978)
- "The Poetry of Robert Hass" (1980)
- "The Poetry of William Stafford" (1982)
- "The Poetry of Czeslaw Milosz" (1984)
- "The Poetry of Galway Kinnell" (1986)
- "The Poetry of Jorie Graham" (1988)
- "The Poetry of Mary Oliver" (1990)
- "The Poetry of Louise Glück" (1992)
- "The Poetry of John Ashbery" (1994)
- "The Poetry of Robert Creeley" (1996)
- "The Poetry of James Merrill" (1998)
- "The Poetry of Frank Bidart" (2000)
Translations
- *Poems of Juan Gelman* (1988)
- *Poems of Adonis* (1991)
- *Poems of Yannis Ritsos* (1993)
- *Poems of Wislawa Szymborska* (1995)
- *Poems of Tomas Tranströmer* (1997)
- *Poems of Miroslav Holub* (1999)
Anthologies
- *American Nature Poetry* (1992)
- *American Poets Since World War II* (2000)
Awards
- National Book Award for Poetry (1978)
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1982)
- PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry (1988)
- Bollingen Prize for Poetry (1992)
- Wallace Stevens Award (1997)