Sarah Kay (poet)

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Sarah Kay
Kay at the 2018 Texas Book Festival
Kay at the 2018 Texas Book Festival
Born (1988-06-19) June 19, 1988 (age 35)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
Website
kaysarahsera.com

Sarah Kay (born June 19, 1988) is an American poet. Known for her spoken word poetry, Kay is the founder of Project V.O.I.C.E. (founded 2004), a group dedicated to using spoken word as an educational and inspirational tool.[1][2][3][4]

Life

And no matter how many land mines erupt in a minute, be sure your mind lands on the beauty of this funny place called life.

Sarah Kay, If I Should Have a Daughter

Kay was born in

Acumen Fund in New York, New York.[10]

On March 3, 2011, she performed at the TED conference in Long Beach, California as part of a series entitled "Beauty, Imagination, Enchantment." Along with a talk about her upbringing, she performed the poems "B: If I should have a daughter..." and "Hiroshima".[11]

Kay performed at The Nantucket Project, a festival of ideas in Nantucket, Massachusetts.[12]

She is the 2017 Artist in Residence at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, California.[13]

In 2019 she announced via

Audible
.

Publications

Although Kay works primarily in spoken word poetry, she has published poems in magazines such as Foundling Review, DamselFly Press, and decomP literary magazine.[15][16][17]

In 2011, Kay published "B", a short hardcover book containing the titular poem, which was originally written in 2007.[18] The book features illustrations by Sophia Janowitz. In March 2014, No Matter the Wreckage, a collection of poetry from the first decade of her career, was published by Write Bloody Publishing, again featuring illustrations by Sophia Janowitz.[19] "The Type" was published in 2016 and is an illustrated version of her poem by the same name (with drawings by Sophia Janowitz as in her book "B") .[20] Kay is also a resident poet for The Paris Review where she contributes in a weekly poetry column titled “Poetry Rx.”[21] On March 13, 2018, All Our Wild Wonder, a vibrant tribute to extraordinary educators and celebrating learning, was released. The book features illustrations by Sophia Janowitz.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Project V.O.I.C.E. - Home". Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  2. ^ Interview on Radio Open Source, October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  3. ^ Interview on Rowan Radio, WGLS 98.7, November 23, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  4. ^ Kaufman, Kara (April 20, 2010). "Projecting Their V.O.I.C.E. - sarah kay & phil kaye spread the word". Post. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  5. ^ An Origin Story kaysarahsera.com
  6. ISBN 1-933368-82-9
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  7. ^ "Def Poetry: Sarah Kay". HBO. 2007-02-22. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  8. ^ "Project V.O.I.C.E. - About Us". Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  9. ^ "La Casita at Lincoln Center Out of Doors". 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
  10. ^ "*spark! - Sarah Kay performs part 1 - Acumen Fund's Community". Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  11. ^ "TED2011: Sarah Kay". Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  12. ^ Daniel Honan. "Move Over, Boys. Sarah Kay Steals the Show | Big Think". bigthink.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  13. ^ Announcing our 2017 Artist in Residence: Sarah Kay at Grace Cathedral
  14. ^ Kay, Sarah. "#SincerelyX". Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  15. ^ "decomP literary magazine". November 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  16. ^ "DamselFly Press - A Myriad of Women's Voices". 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  17. ^ "Foundling Review". 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  18. ^ "Sarah Kay's "B" at Amazon.com". Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  19. ISBN 978-1938912481
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  20. ISBN 978-0316386609
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  21. ^ "Read | Kay, Sarah (sera)". www.kaysarahsera.com. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  22. ^ Kay, Sarah. "SARAH KAY IS:". kaysarahsera. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

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