Fusing writing, music, art and technology, a new generation is taking poetry beyond the bookstoreIf you´re not an Instagrammer you may never have heard of Rupi Kaur. In fact, if you´re not a young female Instagrammer, then your chances are probably even slimmer.And yet, with almost 750,000 Instagram followers and more than half a million copies of her debut poetry collection, Milk and Honey, sold worldwide, Kaur is one of the biggest names on the literary scene right now. Related: Rupi Kaur: `There was no market for poetry about trauma, abuse and healing´ Related: Warsan Shire: the Somali-British poet quoted by Beyoncé in Lemonade Related: Hera Lindsay Bird: I prefer poetry that allows room for ugliness and error Continue reading...
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