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Common Reading

book cover for No Matter the Wreckage

No Matter the Wreckage is Sarah Kay’s debut collection of poetry featuring work from the first decade of her career. Her poems celebrate family, love, travel, and unlikely romance between inanimate objects. The book is consistently a bestselling book on Amazon and was a finalist for GoodReads Best Poetry Book of 2014.

About the Author

Sarah Kay speaking in to a microphone

Sarah Kay is an American poet and best-selling author of four books, including No Matter the Wreckage. While known primarily for her spoken word poetry, Kay is also 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.