Poets & Writers Theater

In this video, Sarah Kay reads her poem “Jakarta, January” at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture in New York City. Kay is the author of No Matter the Wreckage (Write Bloody Publishing, 2016) and the forthcoming book, All Our Wild Wonder (Hachette, 2018), illustrated by Sophia Janowitz.

"I tell people that spoken word poetry is a type of poetry that doesn't just want to live on paper, that something about it demands to be heard out loud and witnessed in person." For the first installment of PBS NewsHour's "Brief but Spectacular" series, Sarah Kay talks about the importance of making poetry accessible and reads her poem "The Paradox."

Melvin Alvarez interprets a performance of “When Love Arrives” by Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye—codirectors of Project VOICE—in this typographic video that adds another level to a poem already full of art and meaning.

“Let the statues crumble. You have always been the place.” Poet Sarah Kay, founder and codirector of Project VOICE, performs her poem “The Type.”

She was fourteen years old when she took the stage at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City's East Village. Sarah Kay, now twenty-four, is a cofounder of Project V.O.I.C.E., a national organization that celebrates and inspires youth self-expression, and a leading spoken word poet.