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Sarah Kay
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Following the success of her breakout poem, "B", Sarah Kay releases her debut collection of poetry featuring work from the first decade of her career. No Matter the Wreckage presents listeners 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 listeners 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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- Amazon Customer
- 12-06-19
Exceptional
I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU, this poetry is amazing, thank you sarah. with love XOXXOXX
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- Sean
- 04-11-17
Great!!!
I've definitely been a fan of Sarah Kay for several years now and have always loved her poetry. Listening to her speak is always very soothing and I'm glad to have purchased this audiobook. While I do enjoy her live performances, I didn't like how it broke up the studio recordings of her poetry. Overall, it was still pretty fantastic!!
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-19-24
Sarah Kay's Spoken Word
What a gift to have Sarah's poems in her own voice. Some of these are live performances, which is incredibly special. This is the next best thing to seeing her live. I only wish the chapters were labeled with the poem names.
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- Sara H.
- 02-18-19
Her poetry feeds my soul
She is amazing with her choice of words. Her poetry is very relatable and I highly recommended listening to her share her soul with you. Beautiful person both inside and out.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-10-20
This Is Amazing.
The poems of Sarah Kay transport you to each of her stories. If you want to be inspired, find love or hope, this audible is for you. If you wish to smile and feel alive again this audible is for you. Thank you, Sarah Kay for such a genius piece of art you've made for the world. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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- Catherine A.
- 11-14-18
Sarah Kay will make you feel all the feels
There is something special about poetry that works both on the page and off, something Kay has perfected. I will listen over and over
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- Courtney
- 04-23-18
beautiful. pertinent. real.
Sarah Kay is the reason I am still a poet. she awoke the sleeping beast and I have not been able to write it back to sleep yet. This book is all of her best poetry, and I absolutely recommend it.
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- Andre
- 01-04-23
No matter the hurt
This book is healing, sobbing. laughing and enlightenment all rolled into one. It is worth every second of listening to
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- Viviana
- 05-30-20
Loved it!
I loved the imagery and the pace of it. It inspired me to start writing again <3
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- Lavina K.
- 12-23-17
The Perfect Words for Everything You’ve Ever Felt
I cannot thank one of my office book club buddies enough for picking this little gem. In a word, it’s therapeutic. Sarah masterfully revives memories of experiences that we all had, but don’t quite remember how they made us feel. It’s not just love and loss, but your first sighting of a jellyfish. The sound of your favorite teacher’s voice. The first time you saw one of your parents cry. Combined with a performance that is the perfect mix warmth, wonder, and wisdom, her words capture the magic in even the most mundane moments of her life and make you realize how much magic you’ve overlooked in your own.
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