Bibliography

Full-length Collections

  • Faster Than Light New and Selected Poems, 1996-2011. Louisiana State University Press, 2012.
  • The Cachoeira Tales, and Other Poems.Louisiana State University Press, 2005.
  • The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems. Louisiana State University Press, 1997
  • Magnificat. Louisiana State University Press, 1994.
  • The Homeplace. Louisiana State University Press, 1990.
  • Mama’s Promises. Louisiana State University Press, 1985.
  • For the Body. Louisiana State University Press, 1978.

 

Chapbooks

  • The Meeting House. Antrim House Books, 2017.
  • The Freedom Business: Connecticut Landscapes Through the Eyes of Venture Smith. Lyme Historical Society, Florence Griswold Museum, 2006.
  • She-Devil Circus. Aralia Press, 2001.
  • Triolets for Triolet. Curbstone Press, 2001.
  • Partial Truth. The Kutenai Press, 1992.

 

Translations

  • A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young. Rasmussen, Halfdan. Trans. Marilyn Nelson and Pamela Espeland. Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes.  Candlewick, 2011.
  • The Ladder. Rasmussen, Halfdan. Trans. Marilyn Nelson. Illustrated by Pierre Pratt.   Candlewick, 2006.
  • The Thirteenth Month. Pedersen, Inge. Trans. Marilyn Nelson. Oberlin College Press, 2005.
  • Euripides. Euripides, 1: Medea. Hecuba. Andromache. The Bacchae. Ed. David R. Slavitt and Palmer Bovie. Trans. Eleanor Wilner, Inés Azar, Marilyn Nelson, Donald Junkins, and Daniel M. Epstein. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.
  • Hundreds of Hens and other poems for children. Rasmussen, Halfdan. Trans. Marilyn Nelson and Pamela Espeland. Illustrated by D.M. Robinson. Black Willow Press, 1982.
  • Literary Sex Roles. Dahlerup, Pil. Trans. Marilyn Nelson. Minnesota Women in Higher Education, 1975

 

Books for Young Adults

  • Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor’s Life. Forthcoming, Christy Ottaviano Books, 2021.
  • American Ace. Dial Books, 2016.
  • Nelson, Marilyn. My Seneca Village. Namelos, 2015.
  • How I Discovered Poetry. Illustrated by Hadley Hooper. Dial Books, 2014.
  • Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.  Dial Books, 2009.
  • Beautiful Ballerina. Photo BY Susan Kuklin. Scholastic Press, 2009.
  • Pemba’s Song: A Ghost Story. (with Tonya C. Hegamin.) Scholastic, 2008.
  • The Freedom Business: Including A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa. Illustrated by Deborah Dancy. Front Street, 2008.
  • Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color. (with Elizabeth Alexander.) Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Wordsong. 2007.
  • A Wreath for Emmett Till. Illustrated by Philippe Lardy.  Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2005.
  • Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem. (with Pamela Espeland.) Front Street, 2004.
  • Carver, a Life in Poems. Front Street, 2001.

 

Books for Young Children

  • A is for Oboe: The Orchestra’s Alphabet (with Lera Auerbach.) Illustrated by Paul Hoppe. Forthcoming, Dial, 2022.
  • Papa’s Free Day Party. Illustrated by Wayne Anthony Still. Forthcoming, Just Us Books, 2021.
  • Lubaya’s Quiet Roar. Illustrated by Philemona Williamson. Dial Books, 2020.
  • Ostrich and Lark. Illustrated by San Artists of the Kuru Art Project in Botswana. Boyds Mills Press, 2012.
  • Snook Alone. Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. Candlewick, 2010.
  • The Cat Walked through the Casserole and Other Poems for Children (with Pamela Espeland.) Illustrated by Schart Hyman, Trina. Carolrhoda, 1984.

 

Editor

  • Mrs. Nelson’s Class. Marilyn Nelson (ed.) Mrs. Nelson’s Class. World Enough Writers, 2017.