Not everyone is thrilled that Ontario poet Rupi Kaur is being called the writer of the decade
Rupi Kaur arrives at the Giller Prize Awards ceremony in Toronto on Monday, November 20, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris YoungTORONTO -- According to a prominent U.S. magazine, the writer of the decade isn’t a Booker Prize-winner or the author of a wildly successful fantasy series. In fact, she isn’t even 30.
The New Republic ruffled more than a few feathers when one of its writers named Rupi Kaur, a 27-year-old poet from Brampton, Ont.,The article has inspired a fresh wave of attacks from Kaur’s biggest critics and also defence from her most devoted fans, including NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. In terms of book sales, Kaur is one of the world’s most successful living poets. She has sold more than 3.5 million copies of her two poetry collections, “milk and honey” and “the sun and her flowers,” both of which topped The New York Times bestseller list for well over a year.
But critics say Kaur’s success has less to do with literary talent and more to do with her popularity on Instagram, where she has amassed 3.8 million followers with brief lines of her poetry alongside black-and-white sketches. The medium is commonly referred to by both fans and critics as “Instapoetry.”
Kaur is hardly the first “Instapoet” to foster a large following, but she is easily the most successful. Her debut collection, “milk and honey,” was credited with almost single-handedly
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