he also appealed to Towns to focus on issues. In a June 2008 interview with Theodore Hamm in The Brooklyn Rail, Powell addressed media coverage focusing on his past: "My issue of violence against women happened between 1987–1991, which is now seventeen years ago. I've written about it very prominently [...] I think if you're going to be a public servant, regardless if you're an elected official ... you have a responsibility to be transparent and accountable for everything you do." Powell lost this race 67%–32%, receiving 11,046 votes compared to 22,586 for Edolphus Towns. Powell announced that he would run again in 2010. Powell lost again in 2010 and later ruled out running in 2012. Publications In the Tradition: An Anthology of Young Black Writers, Edited by Powell and Ras Baraka (1993) () recognize Poetry by Kevin Powell (1995) () Keepin' It Real: Post-MTV Reflections On Race, Sex, and Politics Essays by Kevin Powell (1997) () Step into a World: A Global Anthology of The New Black Literature Edited by Kevin Powell (2000) () Who Shot Ya? Three Decades of Hiphop Photography Photographs by Ernie Ernie Paniccioli, Edited by Kevin Powell (2002) () Who's Gonna Take The Weight? Manhood, Race, and Power in America Essays by Kevin Powell (2002) () Someday We'll All Be Free Essays by Kevin Powell (2006) () No Sleep Till Brooklyn, New and Selected Poems Poetry by Kevin Powell (2008) () The Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life edited by Kevin Powell (2008) () Open Letters to America: Essays by Kevin Powell (2009) () Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, and the Ghost of Dr. King by Kevin Powell (2012) () The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy's Journey into Manhood by Kevin Powell (2015) () My Mother, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and The Last Stand of the Angry White Man by Kevin Powell (2018) () When We Free the World by Kevin Powell (2020) () 2020: The Year That Changed America, Edited by Kevin Powell's Writing Workshop (2021) (AISN B08VCXK2HV) Grocery Shopping with My Mother by Kevin Powell (2022) () References External links African-American journalists Journalists from New York City African-American poets African-American non-fiction writers American non-fiction writers American male journalists American male poets Writers from Brooklyn New York (state) Democrats The Real World (TV series) cast members Writers from Jersey City, New Jersey 1966 births Living people 21st-century American poets 21st-century American male writers