A Little Daylight Left: Poems - Hardcover

Kay, Sarah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593733703 ISBN 13: 9780593733707

Publisher: Dial Press, 2025

Synopsis

"[A] vulnerable collection about facing the good, the bad and the ugly of our humanity with grace and curiosity."--USA Today (New Must-Read Poetry)

"This is a book that will make you feel simultaneously alive and less alone."--Hanif Abdurraqib, New York Times bestselling 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 this title

About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Dial Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593733703
• ISBN 13: 9780593733707
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 112