Sarah Kay is the author of four books of poetry: B, The Type, All Our Wild Wonder, & No Matter the Wreckage. You can purchase signed copies of all four books at her online shop!
Author Archives: Sarah Kay
Read: Paris Review
Sarah Kay is one of three authors of a weekly poetry/advice column at The Paris Review called “PoetryRx.” Each week, readers write in with a specific emotion and our resident poets (Sarah Kay, Kaveh Akbar, and Claire Schwartz) take turns prescribing poems for their predicament.
November 7, 2024
Stones in the Water: A Night of Poetry with Sarah Kay, Anis Mojgani, Clint Smith, & Hanif Abdurraqib
Sarah Kay, Clint Smith, Anis Mojgani, & Hanif Abdurraqib have performed together annually for the past 8 years! The evening is an opportunity for artists and audience to witness what a rigorous pursuit of care & friendship can do to further our artistic practices.
BAM Fisher, Fishman Space
7:30pm
Tickets on sale Oct 2!
Read: We the Gathered Heat
Sarah Kay’s poem “Ars Poetica 20 Years Later” is featured in We the Gathered Heat, an anthology from Haymarket Books “featuring some of the brightest voices in contemporary poetry who challenge, expand, and illuminate the meaning of the label “Asian American and Pacific Islander” (AAPI) in today’s world,” edited by Franny Choi, Bao Phi, No’u Revilla, and Terisa Siagatonu.
Recent News: New Poetry Book Announcement
March, 2024
Working on a new Collection of Poetry!
Big news! Sarah’s new poetry collection, A Little Daylight Left is underway and forthcoming from The Dial Press! Beloved spoken word poet Sarah Kay brings us her long-awaited second full-length poetry collection, a decade after her acclaimed debut No Matter the Wreckage. In A Little Daylight Left, Kay explores life’s most vulnerable moments of transition with courage, curiosity, joy, and humor. Each poem invites readers to consider what it might look like to boldly face the hard things we so often run from—a heartbreak, an ailing loved one, the fear that comes with new beginnings and uncertain futures. The result is a blueprint for discovering beauty in all that makes us human. With her signature wit and wisdom, Kay shows us how to navigate life bravely, with every single part of ourselves. 
Read: In the House With No Doors
Sarah Kay’s Poem “In the House With No Doors” as published by the Academy of American Poets for their Poem-A-Day series, chosen by guest editor Hieu Minh Nguyen.
Videos: Miles from Any Shoreline TED
April 20, 2023
Sarah Kay’s Performance at the 2023 TED Conference of her poem, “Miles from Any Shoreline.”
Recent News: Pop-Up Magazine 2022
October, 2022
Back on Tour with Pop-Up Magazine!
Sarah is thrilled to be back on tour with a brand new non-fiction piece for Pop-Up Magazine’s “Love” issue, making stops in Oakland, Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago, Seattle, NYC, Atlanta, and Nashville!
Other Projects: The New Yorker Crossword Puzzle
The New Yorker Crossword Puzzle
Sarah Kay & Ross Trudeau collaborated on this special crossword puzzle for the first day of National Poetry Month
Read: Adroit Journal
Sarah Kay’s Poem “Unreliable” as published in Issue Forty of The Adroit Journal