She has authored four books of poetry: Infanta (1995), selected for the National Poetry Series; One Above, One Below (2000); Black Box (2006), a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and Slant Six (2014). Belieu directs the creative writing program at Florida State University, and also codirects (with fellow poet Cate Marvin) VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts. She was formerly managing editor of AGNI.