Novels

Birth of a Hero

The Prospect Before Us

The Man Who Was Not with It

The Optimist

Therefore Be Bold

Salt

Fathers

The Great American Jackpot

Swiftie the Magician

Waiting for Cordelia

Slave Trade

He/She

Family

True Love

Mister White Eyes

A Girl of Forty

Dreaming

Short Story and Essay Collections

Love and Like

The Age of Happy Problems

The Magic Will: Stories of a Decade

Lovers and Cohorts

Nonfiction

Biafra Goodbye

My Last Two Thousand Years

A Walk on the West Side: California on the Brink

Travels in San Francisco

Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in Haiti

Bohemia: Where Art, Angst, Love, and Strong Coffee Meet