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CDs

Lost Angels (poetry/funk, Monomania Records, 2010)
What You Find There (poetry, New Alliance Records, 1994)

Books

March 18, 2003 (book-length poem with illustrations by Alex Katz, Libellum, 2004) (third edition, Charta, 2006)
It Takes One to Know One: Poetry & Prose (Black Sparrow Press, 2001)
¿Que Pasa, Baby? (prose poem, Wake Up Heavy Press, 2001)
It's Not Nostalgia: Poetry & Prose (Black Sparrow Press, 1999)
Of (book-length poem, Quiet Lion Press, 1999)
Cant Be Wrong (poetry, Coffee House Press, 1996)
Hollywood Magic (poetry, Little Caesar, 1982)
Attitude (poetry, Hanging Loose Press, 1982)
White Life (poetry, Jordan Davies, 1980)
In the Mood (poem, Titanic Books, 1978)
Catch My Breath (poetry and prose, Salt Lick Press, 1978; second edition, 1995)
Just Let Me Do It (poetry, Vehicle Editions, 1978)
Charisma (poetry, O Press, 1976)
Rocky Dies Yellow (poetry, Blue Wind Press, 1975; second edition, 1977)
Mentally, He's a Sick Man (prose, Salt Lick Press, 1975)
Dues (poetry, The Stonewall Press, 1975)
My Life (poetry, Wyrd Press, 1975)
Sex/The Swing Era (poetry, Lucy & Ethel, 1975)
Oomaloom (prose, A Dry Imager Production, 1975)
Malenkov Takes Over (poetry/collage, A Dry Imager Production, 1974)
Late Sleepers (poem, Pellet Press, 1973)
The South Orange Sonnets (poetry, Some Of Us Press, 1972)
Stupid Rabbits (poetry, Morgan Press, 1971)
The Lines Are Drawn (poetry, Asphalt Press, 1970)
MCMLXVI Poem (poem, The Nomad Press, 1970)
What Withers (poetry, Doones Press, 1970)

Plays

Wrote and directed Four Grown Men, a one act play performed at The Ear of the Dog Poets Theater Festival, 1982, at Teatro La Terrazza in New York City, starring John Getz, Ray DiPalma, David Blue, and Mac Randall.

Wrote and directed Hollywood Magic, a full-length poetry performance play, at Stages Theater in Hollywood, 1983 (moved to The Odyssey Theater in West Los Angeles for a long run in 1983-84), starring Michael Lally, Penelope Milford, Nathan Stein and Albie Zelsnick, with music by the late Buddy Arnold (solo sax improvisations).

Co-wrote The Rhythm of Torn Stars, directed by Julian Neal first in a tiral run at The Pacific Theater in Venice California, 1988, and then for a long run at The Pink in Santa Monica, California, 1989, starring Tate Donovan, Meg Foster, Michael Harris, Michael Lally, Mimi Lieber, Perri Lister, Maura Tierney, and Michael Tulin, and featuring the poetry of Frank O'Hara, Ted Berrigan, Miquel Pinero, Jim Carroll, Elinor Nauen, Michael Lally and others.

Wrote and directed Three Short Plays as a work in progress at 321 Broadway in Santa Monica, California, 1995, which became Chicks: A Spiritual Quest and had a long run at Glaxus Theater in Silverlake section of Los Angeles, 1996, starring James Patrick Keefe, Ben Silverstein, Reed Rudy, Emil Alexander and Alexandra Powers.

Film

Co-authored Fogbound (with Ate De Jong), which was a finalist at the 2003 Hollywood Film Festival and winner of the 2003 Best Feature Film award at the 5th International Panorama of Independent Filmmakers Festival in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Contributed to many screenplays including Drugstore Cowboy, Pump Up The Volume, The Laureate, and many more.

Literary Awards

American Book Award, 2000
PEN Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature, 1997
The Pacificus Foundation Literary Award, 1996
National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, 1974 and 1981
The Poets Foundation Award, 1974
The New York 92nd St. YMHA Poetry Center Discovery Award, 1972

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