Kevin Young in The New Times in 2012

• March 8: Poems That Make You Hungry -- Jeff Gordinier
• March 15: A Poet’s Collage, Sampling Included (review of The Grey Album) -- Dwight Garner
• April 20: Race, the Remix (Review of The Grey Album) -- David Shields
• April 27: Editor's Choice (The Grey Album included in list)
• October 11: Views of Life, Straightforward and Spare (Rev. of Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton) -- Dwight Garner
• October 21: Looking in the Fridge and Finding Some Poetry (Rev. The Hungry Ear) -- Dwight Garner
• November 15: Up Front: Focus on Kevin Young -- The Editors
• November 16: Wearing the Mask (Rev. Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery to Hip-Hop) -- Kevin Young
• November 16: Stories, Essays and Poems for the Powder Room: Best Bathroom Books of 2012  -- Dwight Garner
• November 27: 100 Notable Books of 2012

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