What Goes without Saying: Collected Stories by Josephine Jacobsen (2000) comprises thirty short stories, all previously published. These stories take the reader to exotic lands and are of the highest literary merit.

The Instant of Knowing: Lectures, Criticism, and Occasional Prose (1997) features two lectures delivered at the Library of Congress during Jacobsen's term as Consultant in Poetry.

Adios, Mr. Moxley: Thirteen Stories (1986) is a collection of short stories that explores the highs and lows of love and life.

Spinach Days (2003), by Robert Phillips, is a short collection of poetry. Phillips's work is inspired by Jacobsen, and this book presents poems in his various, innovative styles and poetic forms, including haiku, long narratives, short lyrics, and free verse.