Uploaded June 2013 | Updated September 2026, 39 minutes ago

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"The Type" by Sarah Kay.

This poem is inspired by a line from "Detail of the Woods" by Richard Siken: "...Everyone needs a place. It shouldn't be inside of someone else."

Performed for NYC-Urbana.

Sarah Kay is founder and co-director of Project VOICE, has performed on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, & at the TED Conference.