About the Author

Sarah Kay is a poet from New York City who has been performing her spoken word poetry since she was 14 years old. In 2006, she featured on HBO's "Def Poetry Jam" and was the youngest poet to compete at the National Poetry Slam. Sarah is perhaps best known for her talk at the 2011 TED conference, which garnered over 3 million online views. Sarah's first book, B, was a #1 Bestselling Poetry Book on Amazon, and her other work has appeared in Pear Noir!, The Literary Bohemian, Damselfly Press, The Huffington Post, and CNN.com, among others. She is the founder and co-director of Project VOICE.