Rupi Kaur writes short-form poetry and prose about relationships, migration, family, abuse, self-image and recovery, usually presented in brief lowercase pieces accompanied by simple line drawings. Milk and Honey is divided into sections that move through hurt, love, breaking and healing, using direct language rather than formal metre or long narrative poems. The Sun and Her Flowers expands the same compact style through themes of loss, roots, immigration and growth, while Home Body turns more explicitly toward solitude, mental wellbeing, work and the relationship a person has with herself. Kaur's books are designed to be read in fragments as well as continuously, with white space and page layout forming part of the experience. The collections sit within contemporary short-form poetry, relationship writing and the visual culture of Instagram-era poetry. Milk and Honey gives the most direct introduction because it establishes the visual and verbal style most associated with her work; later collections broaden the subject matter without changing the basic form. Read more Less
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