Upcoming Readings for 2025

May 4, 2025: Mark Wunderlich

Mark Wunderlich
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan
Read KPS’s exclusive Interview with Mark Wunderlich, conducted by Ann van Buren.

I am in love with The God of Nothingness, which is permeated, it turns out, with a majestic somethingness.—Diane Seuss

The superb fourth collection from Wunderlich disarms with its directness, humor, and pathos.—Publishers Weekly

Mark Wunderlich is the author of five books of poems, the most recent of which is MATEY, forthcoming from Graywolf Press. His other titles include God of Nothingness, The Earth Avails, (Graywolf Press 2014) which received the Rilke Prize from the University of North Texas and which was a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Award, Voluntary Servitude (Graywolf, 2004) and The Anchorage (UMass Press, 1999) which received the Lambda Literary Award. Wunderlich’s work has been published in over 30 anthologies including multiple volumes of The Best American Poetry, and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review, Poetry, The New York Times Magazine, and has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered. More Info >>

Our Poet Interviews

Read more about our upcoming poet, Mark Wunderlich, in our exclusive KPS interview by Ann van Buren and meet and hear Mark read on Sunday, May 4 at 4PM in the Katonah Village Library.

And check out our other archived Poet Interviews for fascinating insights into other KPS poets over the years.

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If you say on the steps of the Katonah Village Library for the past 35 years, nearly every notable American poet would have walked by. - Billy Collins, Poet Laureate
KPS has been presenting readings by prominent poets under the auspices of the Katonah Village Library since 1967.