The Mary Jane Malone Lecture Series will feature renowned spoken word poet Sarah Kay, says teacher Leslye Gilchrist. Sarah will speak to Magnet students at 1 pm on December 1, 2015, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving Break. Afternoon classes (4th-7th) will be shortened.
Sarah Kay (1988) is an American poet, says Wikipedia. Known for her spoken word poetry, Kay is the founder and co-director of Project V.O.I.C.E., founded in 2004, a group dedicated to using spoken word as an educational and inspirational tool.[1][2][3][4]
Kay, a graduate of Brown University, was born in New York City, New York to a Japanese American mother and a Jewish American father.[5] Sarah Kay now currently writes, reads, and performs poetry for all different kinds of audiences. She began performing poetry at the Bowery Poetry Club in the East Village at the age of 14, joining their Slam Team in 2006.[6] That year, she was the youngest person competing in the National Poetry Slam in Austin, Texas.