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She started drawing at the age of five when her mother handed her a paintbrush and saiddraw your heart out. Poet rupi kaurs milk and honey sells more than half a. Kaur is part of a new creatively fruitful, symbiotic coterie perhaps this is the new harlem renaissance or bloomsbury group. Why rupi kaur and her peers are the most popular poets in the world. They resonate hugely sunday times poems tackling feminism, love, trauma and healing in short lines as smooth as pop music new york times caught the imagination of a large, atypical poetry audience. She received widespread popularity, after the publication of her debut book milk and honey 2014, which went on to sell over 2. The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Read to you by the author, milk and honey is a book about survival, love, loss and femininity. If you love rupi kaur, you need to get more poetry in your life.
Kaur is at the forefront of a poetry renaissance observer kaur made her name with poems about love, life and grief. Milk and honey, the debut collection by 25yearold canadian poet rupi kaur, is the topselling book in the united states this year so. The 25 yearold poet, performer and author has been touring the world reading excerpts from her second book, the sun and her flowers. Violence, abuse, love, loss and femininity are prevalent themes. Rupi kaur and the rise of the instagram poetentrepreneur the. Heres some more powerful poetry books like milk and honey by rupi kaur. Throughout her poetry, photography, illustrations, and creative direction she engages with themes of. Rupi kaur born 4 october 1992 is an indianborn canadian poet, illustrator, and author. A vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and. Rupi kaur is a writer and artist based in toronto, canada. Her first collection of poems, milk and honey was released in 2014.
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