Sarah Kay (poet)

For the professor of French at Princeton University, see Sarah Kay.

Sarah Kay
Sarah Kay at TED 2011
Born	New York, New York, USA
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	American

Sarah Kay is an American poet. Known for her spoken word poetry, Kay is the founder and co-director of Project V.O.I.C.E., a group dedicated to using spoken word as an inspirational tool.^[1][2][3][4]

Life

Sarah Kay, a graduate of Brown University, was born in New York to a Japanese American mother and a Jewish American father. She began performing poetry at the Bowery Poetry Club in the East Village at the age of 14, joining their Slam Team in 2006.^[5] That year, she was the youngest person competing in the National Poetry Slam in Austin, Texas. In 2007 Kay made her television debut, performing the poem "Hands" on HBO's Def Poetry Jam.^[6] She has performed at events and venues like the Lincoln Center, the Tribeca Film Festival, and at the United Nations where she was a featured performer for the launch of the 2004 World Youth Report.^[7][8]

In May 2010, Sarah Kay performed at *spark!, a benefit for the Acumen Fund in New York, New York.^[9]

On March 3, 2011, Sarah Kay performed at the TED conference in Long Beach, California as part of a series entitled "Beauty, Imagination, Enchantment."^[10]

Sarah recently performed at The Nantucket Project, a festival of ideas in Nantucket, Massachusetts.^[11]

Publications

Although Sarah Kay works primarily in spoken word poetry, she has had written poems published in magazines such as Foundling Review, DamselFly Press, and decomP literary magazine.^[12][13][14]

References

1. ^ "Project V.O.I.C.E. - Home". http://www.project-voice.net/. 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. http://post.browndailyherald.com/2010/04/20/feature/. Retrieved 5 June 2010. 
5. ^ Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. (2008) Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam. "New York City Poetry Slam Teams from 1990 to 2007" page 369. Soft Skull Press, 288. ISBN 1-933-36882-9.
6. ^ "Def Poetry: Sarah Kay". HBO. 2007-02-22. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuAbGJBvIVY. Retrieved 2010-06-01. 
7. ^ "Project V.O.I.C.E. - About Us". http://www.project-voice.net/about-us/. Retrieved 2010-05-31. 
8. ^ "La Casita at Lincoln Center Out of Doors". 2009-08-09. http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/la-casita. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
9. ^ Acumen Fund's *spark! event
10. ^ "TED2011: Sarah Kay". http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_if_i_should_have_a_daughter.html. Retrieved 2011-03-05. 
11. ^ Move Over, Boys. Sarah Kay Steals the Show
12. ^ "decomP literary magazine". November 2009. http://www.decompmagazine.com/november2009poetry.htm#sarahkay. Retrieved 2010-05-31. 
13. ^ "DamselFly Press - A Myriad of Women's Voices". 2009-10-13. http://damselflypress.net/. Retrieved 2010-05-31. 
14. ^ "Foundling Review". 2009-09-04. http://foundlingreview.com/Sept2009Issue1Kay.html. Retrieved 2010-05-31. 

External links

• Sarah Kay's official website
• Official website of Project V.O.I.C.E.
• TED website: Sarah Kay's TED Talk'

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Name	Kay, Sarah
Alternative names
Short description	American poet
Date of birth	June 19, 1988
Place of birth	New York, United States of America
Date of death
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