Eric Pankey is the author of Trace (Milkweed Editions, 2013); The Pear As One Example: New and Selected Poems, 1984—2008(Ausable Press, 2008); Reliquaries (Ausable Press, 2005); Oracle Figures (Ausable Press, 2003); Cenotaph (Knopf, 2000); The Late Romances (Knopf, 1997); Apocrypha (Knopf, 1991); and Heartwood (1988), which was reissued by Orchises Press in 1998.

Pankey’s poems have also been published in several anthologies including Poets Against the War (Nation Books, 2003) and The Poetry Anthology, 1912—2002 (Ivan R. Dee, 2004). His essay, “Meditative Spaces," was included inRadiant Lyre: Essays on Lyric Poetry (Graywolf Press, 2007). He is the editor of This Particular Eden: The 1992 Missouri Arts Council Writers’ Biennial and is the co-editor, along with Jeb Livingood, of Best New Poets 2006 (Samovar Press and Meridian).