Category: Past Events
Past events
Sept. 24, 2017, Terrance Hayes
“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 …
September 25, 2016: Kathleen Ossip, 4 pm
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 …
May 22, 2016: Mary Jo Bang, 4 pm
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 …
April 17, 2016: Robert Pinsky, 4 pm
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 …
September 27, 2015: Jessica Greenbaum & Daniel Brown, 4:00 p.m.
Jessica Greenbaum Jessica Greenbaum is the author of The Two Yvonnes and Inventing Difficulty, winner of the Gerald Cable Prize. As a social worker she initiated poetry workshops for 9/11 first responders. Her work has been published in the New Yorker, …
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November 8, 2015: Jill Bialosky, 4 p.m.
Jill Bialosky will read on November 8th from her latest poetry collection The Players (Knopf, 2015). From the physical world of the baseball diamond to the emotional center field of caring for an aging mother and a maturing son, Bialosky handles …
Nov. 20, 2016: Paul Muldoon, 4pm
KPS welcomes “this master of the trickster elements within language” KPS welcomes Irish poet Paul Muldoon, winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Moy Sand and Gravel, (which also won the International Griffin Poetry Prize) and poetry editor for the New …
May 13, 2017: 50th Anniversary
Our all-star panel of poets read from their own poems and additional poems by their favorite KPS poets. They also discussed poetry over the past half-century and provided insights into the writer’s life. Billy Collins (2-term US Poet Laureate and best-selling poet) Mark Doty (National Book …
April 23, 2017: Favorite Poem Project Community Reading
Community leaders and members from Katonah and beyond will take their place at the microphone to read a favorite poem. This will be a free, family-friendly event at the Katonah Village Library in honor of National Poetry Month and the …
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