works

Published Works

 

1945
Here and Now

1948
Now Is the Place

1952
The Black Huntsmen
Cerberus (with Louis Dudek & Raymond Souster)

1953
Love the Conqueror Worm

1954
In the Midst of My Fever
The Long Pea-Shooter

1955
The Blue Propeller
The Cold Green Element

1956
Music on a Kazoo
The Bull Calf and Other Poems
The Improved Binoculars

1958
A Laughter in the Mind

1959
A Red Carpet for the Sun

1961
The Swinging Flesh (Poems and Stories)

1963
Balls for a One-Armed Juggler

1964
The Laughing Rooster

1965
Collected Poems

1967
Periods of the Moon

1968
The Shattered Plinths

1969
Selected Poems
The Whole Bloody Bird

1971
Nail Polish
The Collected Poems of Irving Layton

1972
Engagements: Prose of Irving Layton

1973
Lovers and Lesser Men

1974
Seventy-Five Greek Poems
The Pole-Vaulter

1975
The Darkening Fire
The Unwavering Eye

1976
For My Brother Jesus

1977
Taking Sides (Prose)
The Covenant
The Poems of Irving Layton
The Uncollected Poems of Irving Layton

1978
The Tightrope Dancer

1979
Droppings From Heaven

1980
An Unlikely Affair (Letters with Dorothy Rath)
For my Neighbours in Hell
The Love Poems of Irving Layton

1982
Europe And Other Bad News
A Wild Peculiar Joy (1989, 2004)

1983
The Gucci Bag

1985
Waiting For The Messiah (Autobiography)

1986
Dance With Desire

1987
Final Reckoning
Fortunate Exile

1992
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