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    No Matter the Wreckage

    by Sarah Kay, Sophia Janowitz (Illustrator)


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    • ISBN-13: 9781938912481
    • Publisher: Scb Distributors
    • Publication date: 03/18/2014
    • Pages: 143
    • Sales rank: 51,048
    • Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.35(d)

    SARAH KAY IS:
    A New Yorker. The founder and co-director of Project VOICE. A playwright. A best-selling author of four books of poetry including B, No Matter the Wreckage, The Type, and All Our Wild Wonder. She has performed in over 25 countries. An editor for Write Bloody Publishing. A Gemini. The daughter of a Taoist mother and a Brooklynese father. A hapa. An alum of the United Nations International School and a graduate of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. An alum of Brown University. An alum of Brown University Graduate School's Masters Program in the Art of Teaching Secondary English. A recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Grinnell College.

    SARAH KAY WAS:
    A speaker at the TED Conference, “The Rediscovery of Wonder” in Long Beach, CA. A writer in residence at Hedgebrook. A Kundiman fellow. A Serenbe artist in residence. The artist in residence of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. the youngest honored speaker in the 34 year history of the Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series at Southern Methodist University. Featured on the CNN, HBO Def Poetry Jam. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, the Tribeca Film Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the Nantucket Project, the Apollo Theater, the Royal Danish Theatre, among hundreds more. She is an education advocate and keynote speaker for education organizations like NAIS, ECIS, AISA, and IBO, among others.

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    “Love is not who you were expecting, love is not who you can predict. Maybe love is in New York City, already asleep; You are in California, Australia, wide awake. Maybe love is always in the wrong time zone. Maybe love is not ready for you. Maybe you are not ready for love. Maybe love just isn't the marrying type. Maybe the next time you see love is twenty years after the divorce, love is older now, but just as beautiful as you remembered. Maybe love is only there for a month. Maybe love is there for every firework, every birthday party, every hospital visit. Maybe love stays- maybe love can't. Maybe love shouldn't.

    Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to,

    And love leaves exactly when love must.

    When love arrives, say, “Welcome. Make yourself comfortable.”

    If love leaves, ask her to leave the door open behind her.

    Turn off the music, listen to the quiet, whisper,

    “Thank you for stopping by.”

    Table of Contents

    I

    Love Poem #137 15

    Subway 16

    The Oak Tree Speaks 17

    The Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire 19

    New York, June 2009 20

    The First Poem in the Imaginary Book 22

    Mrs. Bjbeiro 23

    II

    Montauk 29

    My Parents on their Way Home from a Wedding 31

    Slivers 32

    Brother 34

    Hands 36

    III

    Jellyfish 41

    Evaporate 43

    The Ladder 44

    Bricklayer 45

    Forest Fires 46

    Poppy 48

    Something We Don't Talk About, Part I 49

    Dragons 50

    Hand-Me-Downs 51

    IV

    Shosholoza 57

    India Trio 60

    Jetlag 62

    Paws 63

    The Shirt 65

    Boom 66

    Grace 67

    V

    Until 71

    Scissors 72

    Something We Don't Talk About, Part II 73

    The Moves 74

    Postcards 75

    Hiroshima 77

    VI

    Extended Development 83

    Questions and Answers, in No Particular Order 86

    Loose Threads 87

    Private Parts 88

    Another Missing 90

    The Call 91

    Flight 93

    VII

    B 97

    And Found 99

    Winter Without You 100

    Corey's Turn 101

    Witness 103

    Yolk 104

    Accidents 105

    VIII

    Peacocks 111

    On Being Prepared 114

    On the Discomfort of Being in the Same Room as the Boy You Like 116

    Here and Now 117

    Open 118

    A Place to Put Our Hands 119

    Today's Poem 120

    IX

    Ghost Ship 125

    Lightning 128

    The Type 129

    Astronaut 131

    The Paradox 132

    In the Event of an Emergency 133

    Notes 137

    Credits 141

    Acknowledgments 142

    About the Author 143

    About the Illustrator 143

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    "Sarah Kay is a fearsomely open and generous talent. In this collection she will give you moments so intimate and beautifully rendered you will come to know them as your own. An unalloyed joy from beginning to end." - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist of Broadway's In the Heights

    "Nowhere have I found such humble honesty laced with such beauty. Nowhere, such boundless grace. Sarah Kay writes with a particular and rare magic, evoking emotions we may have forgotten we possess. No Matter the Wreckage is both spare and dense, uproarious and healing. An enchanting collection, imbued with courage, wisdom, lament, and triumph." - Jeanann Verlee, Author of Racing Hummingbirds

    * 2011 TED speaker (recording has been viewed 3 million times online)
    * First book, "B" was ranked #1 Bestselling Poetry Book on Amazon
    * Featured on HBO, American Public Radio, Huffington Post, CNN.com
    * Founder and Co-Director of Project VOICE


    Following the success of her breakout poem, "B", Sarah Kay, in collaboration with illustrator Sophia Janowitz, released her debut collection of poetry featuring work from the first decade of her career.

    "Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night"

    No Matter the Wreckage presents readers with new and beloved poetry that showcases Kay's talent for celebrating family, love, travel, and unlikely romance between inanimate objects ("The Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire"). Both fresh and wise, Kay's poetry allows readers to join her on the journey of discovering herself and the world around her. It is an honest and powerful collection.

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