• Spirits in the Street (1973)
  A fictionalized memoir.

• Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday (1980)
  Presents a prose poem recounting the life of the American jazz singer affectionately known as Lady Day.

• Iiwake shinaide (1986)

• The Woolu Hat (1997)

• Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde (2004) -- Winner Lambda Literary 2004 Biography Award
  During her lifetime, Audre Lorde (1934-1992), author of the landmark Cancer Journals, created a mythic identity for herself that retains its vitality to this day. Drawing from the private archives of the poet's estate and numerous interviews, Alexis De Veaux demystifies Lorde's iconic status, charting her conservative childhood in Harlem; her early marriage to a white, gay man with whom she had two children; her emergence as an outspoken black feminist lesbian; and her canonization as a seminal poet of American literature. 18 photographs.
  See also Audre Lorde.

Children's Books

• Na-ni (1973)
  A little girl living in a New York City ghetto imagines all the wonderful things she'll be able to do with the bicycle her mother promised to buy.

• An Enchanted Hair Tale (1987)
  Sudan suffers from the general ridicule of his strange-looking hair, until he comes to accept and enjoy its enchantment.  Ages 4-8.