Past events
On Sunday, November 5, the Katonah Poetry Series will complete its 50th anniversary celebration with a reading by noted Canadian poet Carla Funk. Funk was born and raised in Vanderhoof, British Columbia, one of the earliest Mennonite settlements in the province. She now …
Poet, translator, and scholar Mónica de la Torre was born and raised in Mexico City. She earned a BA from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and, with the support of a Fulbright scholarship, relocated to New York in 1993 …
The Katonah Poetry Series Welcomes Pulitzer Prize Winner Peter Balakian— On Sunday, June 3 at 4 pm the Katonah Poetry Series welcomes Peter Balakian—acclaimed poet, memoirist, scholar and translator— for its season finale. Balakian was recently honored with the 2016 Pulitzer …
“Simultaneously complex and transparent, urgent and composed, How to Be Drawn is a mesmerizing achievement.” –National Book Award Committee “First you’ll marvel at his skill, his near-perfect pitch, his disarming humor, his brilliant turns of phrase. Then you’ll notice the grace, …
“Poetry allows me to explore and express my authentic self—whether the poem concerns childhood or social change or a poisonous plant.” —Kimiko Hahn “In Brain Fever Kimiko Hahn… touches concrete ground in the realm of neuroscience, and in the world …
“First you’ll marvel at his skill, his near-perfect pitch, his disarming humor, his brilliant turns of phrase. Then you’ll notice the grace, the tenderness, the unblinking truth-telling just beneath his lines, the open and generous way he takes in our …
Kathleen Ossip has authored three volumes of poetry, a chapbook of poems on movies (Cinephrastics) and The Status Seekers, a verse play. Her debut collection, The Search Engine (Copper Canyon, 2002) was chosen by Derek Walcott to receive the American …
One of the New York Times Book Review‘s Best Poetry Books of 2015 One of Flavorwire‘s Best Independent Press Books of 2015 Featured in Volta‘s “Best Books of 2015” by C.D. Wright One of Entropy‘s Best Poetry Books of 2015 Author of seven poetry …
Award-winning poet Robert Pinsky served an unprecedented three terms as United States Poet Laureate and founded The Favorite Poem Project, www.favoritepoem.org. His Selected Poems (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux) was published in 2011. His previous books of poetry include Gulf Music …