Episode 10 - Rupi Kaur

Cha Da Cup with KayRay

Rupi Kaur is a poet, artist, and performer. Over the last 3 years, her works have taken the literary world by storm. Her new book, the sun and her flowers—an instant global bestseller, is an artistic sibling to her debut, milk and honey—America’s best selling book of 2017.

“i am the product of all the ancestors getting together and deciding these stories need to be told”

Rupi sees her work as an articulation of this vision. She’s an eternal artist. In the years since, milk and honey has become an international phenomenon. It’s sold over 2.5 million copies, been translated into more than 30 languages, and landed as a #1 New York Times Bestseller—where it continues to sit for over the 80th straight week.

Rupi explores a variety of themes in her work ranging from love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, migration, and revolution. She’s a Forbes 30 under 30, an editor of the 2016 Mays Literary Anthology of New Writing from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and one of BBC’s 100 women of 2017. Rupi hopes to continue her artistic exploration through art and poetry—searching for ways to understand and articulate This week, Rupi sits with her long-time friend KayRay to talk about our humble beginnings, breaking barriers in the mainstream and what it means to stay authentic to your craft.

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