 His book, "", was a national best-seller in 2004 and 2005.It was a finalist for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award and the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award.It won an Outstanding Book Award from The Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights at Simmons College and led to awards from the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, the New York Labor Communications Council, and the Washington, D.C. Employment Justice Center.