Symposium Books presents Sarah Kay at The Pavilion

Join us to celebrate the publication of acclaimed poet Sarah Kay’s long-awaited new collection A Little Daylight Left with a night of poetry and performance, featuring special guests. A decade after her beloved debut No Matter the Wreckage, Kay is back capturing life’s most vulnerable, messy, and uncertain moments. In this night of joyful connection, Kay will bring her poems to life on stage with her magnetic wit, humor, and compassion. Tickets include a signed copy of the book and an opportunity for personalization after the show.

About the book:

A vulnerable, searching collection about facing the beautiful & difficult parts of our humanness with compassion & wonder

“This is a book that will make you feel simultaneously alive and less alone.”—Hanif Abdurraqib, New York Timesbestselling author of There’s Always This Year

from somewhere down a hallway of locked doors, a voice asks / What if you aren’t as bad as you suspect you are? / What if you’ll never be as good as you ache?

Lauded poet Sarah Kay brings us her long-awaited second full-length collection, a decade after her acclaimed debut No Matter the Wreckage. In A Little Daylight Left, Kay explores life’s most vulnerable moments of transition with courage, curiosity, joy & humor. Each poem invites readers to consider what it might look like to boldly face the hard things we so often run from—a heartbreak, an ailing loved one, the fear that comes with new beginnings & uncertain futures—& to celebrate what we hold dear. The result is a blueprint for discovering beauty in all that makes us human. With her signature wit & wisdom, Kay shows us how to navigate life bravely, with every single part of ourselves.

About the author:

Sarah Kay is a writer, performer, and educator from New York City. She is the author of four other books of poetry: B, No Matter the Wreckage, The Type, and All Our Wild Wonder. Kay is the founder and co-director of Project VOICE, an organization that uses poetry to entertaim, educate, and empower students & educators in classrooms and communities worldwide.