Rupi Kaur

Rupi Kaur
Photo credit: Baljit Singh

Rupi Kaur is a poet, artist, and performer. Rupi’s collections of poetry, milk and honey (self-published at the age of 21) and the sun and her flowers, have sold millions of copies and been translated into over 40 languages. Her most recent book, home body, hit #1 on bestsellers lists around the world in its first week. Rupi’s work touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, feminism, and migration. Rupi feels most at home when performing on the stage and creating art.

i stand
on the sacrifices
of a million women before me
thinking
what can i do
to make this mountain taller
so the women after me
can see farther
- legacy

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