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Milk and Honey eBook Ð Milk and Kindle - RupiKauris a poet artist and performer Her works have taken the literary world by storm Her second bookthe sun and her flowersan instant global bestseller is ^{Milk and Kindle -} an artistic sibling to her debutmilk and honeyone of Americas bestselling books of i am the product of all the ancestors getting together and deciding these stories need to be toldRupisees her work as an articulation of this vision Shes an eternal artist At the age of five her mother handed her a paintbrush and said draw your heart out At seventeen she happened upon a local open mic night where she performed her first spoken word poem She fell in love with performance poetry that nightRupicontinued performing across Canada while building a community of readers and poetry enthusiasts While studying at the University of WaterlooRupiwrote illustrated and self published her first collectionmilk and honey In the yearssincemilk and honeyhasbecome an international phenomenon Its sold over million copies been translated into than languages and landed as a New York Times bestsellerwhere it has spent than consecutive weeksi am the first woman in my lineage with freedom of choice to craft her future whichever way i choose say what is on my mind when i want to without the whip of the lash there are hundreds of firsts i am thankful forRupiexplores a variety of themes in her work ranging from love loss trauma healing femininity migration and revolution Shes a storyteller and chroniclera repository of community and history Theres a simplicity and nuance to her work that has found a home in the hearts of millions This magic is captured in her stage performances which are magnetic musical interactions of poetry art and theater Rupis long awaited second collectionthe sun and her flowerswas published in and debuted as a global bestseller Within the first three months it sold a million copies and was embraced by readers worldwide Shes a Forbes under an editor of the Mays Literary Anthology of New Writing from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and one of BBCs WomenRupihopes to continue her artistic exploration through art and poetrysearching for ways to understand and articulatei standon the sacrificesof a million women before me thinkingwhat can i doto make this mountain taller so the women after mecan see farther legacy.