Sarah Kay

About Sarah Kay

Sarah Kay, born 1988 in New York City, is a contemporary american poet. She has been writing and performing Spoken Word poems since she was just 13. She came to fame in 2006 when she was a guest on HBO‘s “Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry Jam” and was also the youngest poet in the National Poetry Slam. Since then Kay has been presenting her work on stages and in classrooms all over the world. Her 2011 TED Talk has been watched online more than 7 million times.
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