“If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she’s gonna call me Point B … ” began spoken word poet Sarah Kay at TED 2011. Kay was speaking in the category ”The Rediscovery of Wonder.” TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
In the 2011 conference, Kay tells the story of her metamorphosis — from a wide-eyed teenager soaking in verse at New York’s Bowery Poetry Club to a teacher connecting kids with the power of self-expression.
Check out her rousing performance at this year’s TED.
Kay will appear at the Mass Poetry Festival on Saturday with Phil Kaye. Their performance begins at 1:30 on the Main Stage in Derby Square. They will also perform for Student Day on Friday. They are both spoken word poets and co-directors of Project V.O.I.C.E., a national movement that celebrates and inspires youth self-expression through Spoken Word Poetry.
A graduate of Brown University, Kay have been seen on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, multiple National Poetry Slam stages, countless colleges and high schools.
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