Kevin Pilkington is a widely published and award-winning poet. In his newest collection, In the Eyes of a Dog, published by New York Quarterly Books, he takes the reader on a vivid explorative journey. It is a journey that begins in New York City where he lives and where he distills its concrete landscape with an insightful, unexpected use of language and imagery. His Boswellian eye for detail and accuracy of insight continues as he travels to New England, and onto the beaches of California, Mexico, the Caribbean and then to Greece. Each poem in the collection is a discovery transforming the...
Kevin Pilkington is a widely published and award-winning poet. In his newest collection, In the Eyes of a Dog, published by New York Quarterly Books, ...
Poetry. "This is a poet unafraid of being understood, who will not hide behind decorativeness or the oblique. Read these poems aloud and you will hear an authentic and quintessentially American voice not only writing but also speaking to you." Thomas Lux
"I take guilty pleasure in the poems of Kevin Pilkington, and consider him an essential voice in contemporary poetry." Jay Parini
"In this rich collection of tender poems, he celebrates the small consolations of daily life that offer spiritual relief in the face of disappointment and loss. There are no easy...
Poetry. "This is a poet unafraid of being understood, who will not hide behind decorativeness or the oblique. Read these poems aloud and you will hear...
