Kevin's Creative Writing

A selected list of Kevin's published creative writing is below. Kevin has also published more than 200 reviews, stories, features, and poems. He won a position as an Artist-in-Residence at Chicago's Cliff Dwellers arts club, and his work has been nominated for the Spirit That Moves Us Press Editors' Awards. He is currently working on a book about the paintings of Edward Hopper. Click here to read an excerpt that appeared in Southern Indiana Review.

To read a published piece about Kevin's adventures aboard the Moscow Metro, click here. And click here to view a published piece about Kevin's high school classmate who was a founding member of Chicago's innovative Lookingglass Theatre.

Read Kevin's blog at http://huntingnighthawks.blogspot.com/ or http://hopperguy.wordpress.com.

E-mail Kevin at hopperguy@yahoo.com to receive updates about his creative writing activities.

Kevin also offers literary services to creative writers.

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"My creative writing has been helped immensely by Kevin's feedback. His advice is so worthwhile I think because of his experience as a reviewer and a published poet. Good poetry is about thinking precisely and choosing just the right words."

- Michael Burke, author of stories, poems, essays and www.ChicagoWriter.blogspot.com

Kevin's Selected Publications

“Route 6, Eastham: The Crossroads of America.” (essay) Southern Indiana Review, Fall, 2004.

“Sunday Brunch.” (poem) The Thing about Hope is… Polyphony Press, Chicago, September, 2003.

“It Is Enough.” (poem) The Thing about Hope is… Polyphony Press, Chicago, September, 2003.

“Time Out.” (film review) h2so4, December, 2002.

“Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine” (film review) h2so4, June, 2002.

“Reviews of Films Not Coming Any Time Soon to a Theater Near You.” (film reviews) h2so4, December, 2000.

“Coffee Shops.” (review) h2so4, December, 2000.

“All About My Mother.” (film review) h2so4, June, 2000.

“L'Ennui.” (film review) h2so4, June, 2000.

“Monotheism.” (review) h2so4, June, 2000.

“Nike: The Goddess.” (review) h2so4, June, 2000.

“Impulse.” (poem) Cokefish, 1999.

“Phil Smith.” (feature) St. Andrew's Magazine, Winter 1998, p. 24.

“Eulogy.” (poem) St. Andrew's Magazine, Winter 1998, p. 47.

“Pendulum.” (poem) Artisan, Fall, 1998, p. 23.

“Moscow Metro: No Place To Hide.” (essay) Ulitsa 2:24-25, 1996.

“I’m Outta Here.” (essay) Ulitsa 1:28-29, 1996.

“Listen Up, Buster.” (essay) The Writing On The Wall 1:7-9, 1992.

Book Reviews (more than 200) for Publishers Weekly, Book, American Book Review, Booklist, Boston Book Review, and New City. Search the Web sites or google Kevin's name to read some of these.