Most book tours involve stops at local book stores but Wednesday night, a venue best known for live music will host poet Kevin Coval to celebrate the release of his third book, L-vis Lives!: Racemusic Poems. But first, Kevin Coval joined Eight Forty-Eight to talk about the event and book. Coval will perform at the book release party Wednesday night at the Metro in Chicago.

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