Novels

• The Wonder Singer (Unbridled Books, 2008)
• The Cleansing (The Permanent Press, 2006)
• Floating Kingdom (Coffee House Press, 1997)

Short stories

• Glass Houses (Coffee House Press, 1996).

Anthologies

• “Family Lines”, A Ghost at Heart's Edge, North Atlantic Books, 1999.
• “Jimmy Pearl's Blue Oyster”, 26 Minnesota Writers, Nodin Press, 1995.

Journals

• “Yolanda by Day”, American Literary Review, 2003.
• “Fallen Coconuts and Dead Fish”, Green Hills, 2003.
• “Ask Señor Totol”, Hayden’s Ferry Review, 2002-2003.
• “Hay Soos Saves”, North Dakota Quarterly, 2002.
• “For the Solitary Soul”, South Carolina Review, 2001.
• “Three Incidents in the Early Life of El Perro”, Atlanta Review, 2001.
• “The Beautiful Wife”, Glimmer Train Stories, 1995.

• The Loft Literary Center Career Initiative Grant, 2008
• A BookSense Notable Book Selection, The Cleansing, 2006
• Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Fellowship, 2001
• Minnesota Book Award for Novel, Floating Kingdom, 1998
• Minnesota Book Award for Short Fiction, Glass Houses, 1997
• The Writers Voice Capricorn Award, Excellence in Fiction, 1992