How Instagram Helped Poet Rupi Kaur Find Her Audience - And Sell 1.4M Books (So Far)
(ArtsJournal Dance)

The 24-year-old Canadian poet became famous when Instagram banned a self-portrait in which she was lying on her bed, with sheets stained by menstrual blood. That banning got her 1.3 million followers to the site, where she publishes poetry and illustrations. She credits social media for its openness: `I used to submit to anthologies and […]