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The Grey Album has been named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.
The Hungry Ear has made the New York Times "Dining and Wine" Holiday Gift Guide!
Kevin has reviewed Darkest America, by Yuval Taylor and Jake Austen, for The New York Times Sunday Book Review.
Additionally, Kevin was featured in The New York Times Sunday Book Review "Up Front" section for November 18.
The Hungry Ear was recently featured on the popular American Public Radio show "The Splendid Table" with Lynne Rossetto Kasper.
The Hungry Ear and The Collected Poems Lucille Clifton were each reviewed in the daily New York Times, sending The Hungry Ear to the top of the Amazon Best Seller charts in Books, Anthologies, Food, and Poetry.
Kevin's poem "Ragtime" will be featured on MetroCards and in taxicab television screens across New York City starting in October 2012.
Kevin's book Dear Darkness is featured on a unique catalog alongside musician Ahmad Jamal as one of the "Icons of the Art."
Kevin has won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation for his book Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels.
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