Rupi Kaur (born 4 October 1992) (Punjabi: ???? ???) is an Indian-born Canadian poet and author. Her works have been at the forefront of Instapoetry, a new genre of social-media-centered, short, and easily accessible poetry.
She received widespread popularity after the publication of her debut book Milk and Honey (2014) which went on to sell over 2.5 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on The New York Times Best Seller list.
She has been further subject to widespread scholarly attention and media fame, after using menstrual blood to create varied forms of visual poetry. However, critical reviews of her literary works have been observedly negative.
Some of the main reoccurring themes reviewers seem to cite problems with are Kaurs' apparent lack of poetic form and depth.