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Katonah Poetry Series, advised by Billy Collins, hosts 4 nationally acclaimed poets each year. Readings include audience Q&A, reception and book signing.| Katonah Poetry Series
Read an Interview with Phylisha Villanueva, conducted by Michael Quattrone. Phylisha Villanueva, Westchester County’s Poet Laureate, is a Belizean-American poet, curator, and educator exploring identity, resilience, and motherhood. Born in the Bronx and raised in Yonkers, she co-founded The Yonkers … September 21, 2025: Phylisha Villanueva Read More » The post September 21, 2025: Phylisha Villanueva appeared first on Katonah Poetry Series.| Katonah Poetry Series
“Alicia Ostriker has become one of those brilliantly provocative and imaginatively gifted contemporaries whose iconoclastic expression, whether in prose or poetry, is essential to understanding our American selves.” —Joyce Carol Oates “What does American Jewish poetry sound like? At its … November 2, 2025: Alicia Ostriker Read More »| Katonah Poetry Series
Read KPS’s exclusive Interview with Wang Jiaxin, conducted by Ann van Buren. Wang Jiaxin’s DARKENING MIRROR, edited and translated by Diana Shi and George O’Connell, belongs to this moment, and reading it, one is aware again that poetry is not … March 9, 2025: Wang Jiaxin Read More » The post March 9, 2025: Wang Jiaxin appeared first on Katonah Poetry Series.| Katonah Poetry Series
Mark Wunderlich is the author of four books of poems, the most recent of which is God of Nothingness, published in 2021 by Graywolf Press. His other books include The Earth Avails, (Graywolf Press 2014) which received the Rilke Prize … May 4, 2025: Mark Wunderlich Read More »| Katonah Poetry Series
“I see the poetic imagination as essential to the political poem. For poetry, truth is necessary but not sufficient. The imagination—that imagined afterlife, that imagined justice—goes to the heart of the poem as vision. William Blake wrote: ‘What is now … Read More »| Katonah Poetry Series
Please note: This in-person reading at the Katonah Village Library does not require registration. Recommended donation ($15) can be paid at the door. Reading starts at 4pm. A poet with “a quality of daring that is rare in our poetry.” … October 22, 2023: Henri Cole Read More »| Katonah Poetry Series
Co-Sponsored by Katonah Village Libvrary and Katonah Poetry Series A book discussion about the many ways we use poetry in our daily lives “The Wonder Paradox takes the reader by the hand and patiently, gently, and with great care introduces … April 14, 2024: Jennifer Michael Hecht Read More »| Katonah Poetry Series
“Subtlety of ear, of phrasing, of language altogether, and a light-play of feeling, disguise the urgency and evocative range of Mark Irwin’s grave sensibility. The richness and evanescence of the moment surface repeatedly in his lines.” —W.S. Merwin Mark Irwin’s … May 12, 2024: Mark Irwin Read More »| Katonah Poetry Series
Please note: This in-person reading at the Katonah Village Library does not require registration. Recommended donation ($15) can be paid at the door. Reading starts at 4pm. Read KPS’s exclusive Interview with Matthew Olzmann, conducted by Ann van Buren. “Conceived … May 7, 2023: Matthew Olzmann Read More »| Katonah Poetry Series
Please note: This in-person reading at the Katonah Village Library does not require registration. Recommended donation ($15) can be paid at the door. Reading starts at 4pm. Read KPS’s exclusive Interview with Kim Addonizio, conducted by Ann van Buren. Kim … September 17, 2023: Kim Addonizio Read More »| Katonah Poetry Series