
A Little Daylight Left
Poems
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Sarah Kay
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Sarah Kay
About this listen
A vulnerable, searching collection about facing the beautiful & difficult parts of our humanness with compassion & wonder
“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 listeners 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.
©2025 Sarah Kay (P)2025 Random House AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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Absolutely love this!!
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Loved it!
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B
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
A whimsical love letter, a shared promise, a thank you note, and a whispered secret to mothers and daughters everywhere. The perfect gift, B celebrates the bond that exists between a parent and a child. Short and touching, it is a family tradition waiting to begin.
-
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Absolutely love this!!
- By Karen Joy on 04-26-25
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- By: Olivia Gatwood
- Narrated by: Olivia Gatwood
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Overall
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All Our Wild Wonder
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Overall
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Performance
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Critic reviews
“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
“I have been anxiously awaiting Sarah Kay’s next book of poetry for years, and my god was it worth the wait. The poems in A Little Daylight Left beautifully excavate the expansive emotional landscape of family, friendship, love, and memory. They revel in gratitude and refuse to turn away from despair. These poems remind me what it is to be human. They remind me why Sarah Kay is one of my favorite writers.”—Clint Smith, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed
“A Little Daylight Left is an instance of wisdom and soul rising to meet the urgency of its world. Sarah Kay’s poems are conscious that they will be read by people with minds just as complex as her own. . . . There’s no condescension, no sneering or smug back-patting to be found. There’s just Kay’s often hilarious, always shattering clarities—a big, brilliant mind tethered to a big, brilliant heart.”—Kaveh Akbar, New York Times bestselling author of Martyr!
The auther’s words can stung then delight (or vice versa), at times catching one by surprise, and bring hope, reminder, or respite. I’m in absolute awe.
Left in awe
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