Rupi Kaur. You’ve heard of her. You’ve seen her poetry on Tumblr, Instagram and so many more platforms in artsy movements. Rupi Kaur is the “Queen of Instapoets.” Without knowing a lot about her I was skeptical of the idea of her heavily commercialized poetry. Daughter of two immigrant parents, 25-year-old Rupi Kaur is an Indian-Canadian poet, writer, illustrator, and performer. She has published a collection of poetry and prose Milk and Honey in 2014 and her second book The Sun and Her Flowers was published in 2017. Her Poetry. Starting with her first collection Milk and Honey, I have…
Rupi Kaur
05/16/2018
Gun Love by Jennifer Clement
Gun Love is all dark mud and opalescent poetry, rife with racketeering and heart. Song Pairing: “Heaven is a Place” by Amber Run Listen Here / 2018 HELLO YELLOW REVIEWS Playlist Gun Love is what happens if the Gilmore Girls became a…
Vox by Christina Dalcher
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Two girls go away on holiday. One girl comes back. When two young girls meet two young men, fresh out of prison, on their way to London a wary mother looks on while thinking of a way to make sure…
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