“Ours Poetica” Web Series
Sarah Kay is the co-curator of Season 2 of “Ours Poetica,” a web series made in partnership with the Poetry Foundation and Complexly, that makes poetry personal, in the hands of people who love it.
Author Archives: Sarah Kay
January 30, 2021
Virtual Educators’ Workshop!
Due to the overwhelming response to our first virtual workshop for educators, we’re excited to be offering it a second time! If you are a teacher who would like some help figuring out how to bring poetry into your classroom, please join us on January 30 at 2:30pm ET! Our last educator workshop was a wonderful way to virtually meet and collaborate with teachers, and we are excited to meet more educators who are curious about poetry!
Registration is open now!
January 28, 2021
Virtual Performance with Phil Kaye!
This is the first-ever public Virtual Performance by Phil Kaye and Sarah Kay! The show will be live at 8pm ET, but you can watch it any time through the weekend in an appropriate time for your timezone! Tickets here.
October 27, 2020
Virtual High-Five with Hanif Abdurraqib, Anis Mojgani, & Clint Smith!
This is the fifth installment of this annual gathering of poets and friends, and this year it’s a Virtual High-Five so you can tune in from wherever you are. The show is free with a suggested donation, and all proceeds collected for the evening will be split between these four organizations:
Innocence Project New Orleans
The Okra Project
Don’t Shoot Portland
White Buffalo Calf Women’s Society
Register Now!
Showtime: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET
August 26, 2020
Joining the Heavy Hitters Festival!
Sarah is thrilled to be joining the “Heavy Hitters Festival” from Awful Good Writers, with a 90 minute Virtual performance-workshop-Q&A hybrid. The event will be live & available world-wide at 6pm PST, & Sarah will share poems, a little writing-workshop, & a Q&A! BUT if you can’t be awake at that time, don’t worry, you can catch it later on your own time! Festival participants get access to *all* events for the entirety of the festival! Tickets are on sale now. Educators, organizations, and student groups seeking a group rate may reach out to awfulgoodwriters@gmail.com !
Read: Mrs. NYT
Sarah Kay’s Poem “Mrs.” as published in The New York Times’ Mrs. Files, which looks at history through a contemporary lens to see what the honorific “Mrs.” means to women and their identity.
February 23, 2020
Performing with Phil Kaye in Austin, TX!
Sarah and Phil perform together in Austin for the first time! Tickets on sale now.
Doors open at 6:30pm, Show at 7pm
Kleberg Stage
1421 West Riverside Drive
Austin, TX 78704
February 22, 2020
Performing with Pop-Up Magazine in Austin, TX!
Sarah is making her non-fiction debut! Pop-Up Magazine is a live show that seeks to create the most entertaining version of what it feels like to read a magazine. Each show contains multiple non-fiction pieces that are performed by the journalists who wrote them (accompanied by a live band and an impressive art department). Sarah is joining this “Winter Issue” to share her first-ever non-fiction (non-poetry!) piece. The show’s line up includes all-stars like Liana Finck, Isabel Castro, Catherine Cohen, Cecilia Aldarondo, and more. Tickets available now!
DOORS: 6:30pm SHOW: 7:30pm
HOGG AUDITORIUM
2300 Whitis Ave. Austin, TX 78705
February 8, 2020
Performing with Phil Kaye & the Westerlies in Seattle!
Sarah and Phil are performing at Town Hall in Seattle, as part of the Westerlies Fest! Joined by Troy Osaki! Tickets on sale now.
Show at 7:30pm
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
February 1, 2020 (7pm)
Performing with Phil Kaye in San Francisco!
Sarah and Phil perform at Brava Theater! Tickets on sale now.
Doors open at 6:30pm, Show at 7pm
Brava Theater Center
2781 24th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110