Rupi Kaur

Rupi Kaur (Punjabi: ਰੂਪੀ ਕੌਰ) is a Canadian poet, writer, and illustrator. She is popular for her unique use of poetry with illustration, all of which she does herself. Rupi works to transform experiences of pain and longing into anthems of acceptance and triumph. She published a book of poetry and prose entitled milk and honey in 2015. The book deals with themes of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity and has been met with wild success, selling over a million copies and becoming #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. 2Life Rupi Kaur was born in Punjab, India to a Sikh family and emigrated with her parents to Toronto, Canada when she was 4. As a child, she was inspired by her mother to draw and paint, especially at a time when she was unable to speak in English with the other children at school. She used to write poems to her friends on their birthdays or messages to her middle school crushes. Growing up, she yearned for access to words written by people who looked like her, writing about things that she was going through. She studied Rhetoric and Professional Writing at the University of Waterloo, Ontari