A Zipper of Haze (1988)

Thoreau (1995)

Hard Evidence -- Finalist, 2001 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Poetry

Say Goodnight (1998)

Word of Mouth (2000)
An anthology of gay American poetry.

Take Out: Queer Writing from Asian Pacific America (2001) with Hanya Yanagihara and Quang Bao, eds. -- Finalist, 2001 Lambda Literary Award for Fiction Anthologies

Of Thee I Sing (2004)

For Dust Thou Art (2005) -- Crab Orchard Award Series in Poetry, Finalist, 2005 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Poetry
Running the gamut from traditional to radical forms, Timothy Liu’s sixth collection of poems, For Dust Thou Art, continues the trajectory of his previous books but extends his lyrical range. The centerpiece of the volume’s tripartite structure is a meditation on the events surrounding 9/11 and its aftermath. In his poems, Liu explores what a twenty-first century American "poetry of witness" might look like and protests the charge that the poetic generation to which Liu belongs is stymied by a kind of jaded amorality. Whether taking on public spectacle or contemplating the fallout of a private life, these meditations move forward and backward through time, seeking spiritual consolation within a material world.