Canadian poet Rupi Kaur will publish her fourth book this fall, publisher Andrews McMeel announced in a news release.
Kaur’s book, Healing Through Words, will contain “more than sixty guided writing activities based on the themes of her first book, milk and honey,” the publisher said.
Kaur, whose poetry has proved especially popular among millennial readers, burst on to the literary scene with her first book’s publication in 2014 by Andrews McMeel; the poetry collection had previously been self-published.
She released two more poetry collections, The Sun and Her Flowers and Home Body, in the following years. In 2019, author Rumaan Alam dubbed her “the writer of the decade” in an essay for the New Republic, writing, “There are readers who will forever think of Kaur as the first poet they loved.…Readers who know about poetry might think Kaur’s work is dumb; those for whom Kaur is their first exposure to the medium think it profound. It doesn’t matter if you believe that title of poet belongs only to the likes of Wallace Stevens or Gwendolyn Brooks. Kaur has seized it for herself. And she deserves it.”
Kaur shared the news about her latest book on Instagram, the social media platform where she first gained fame.
“[For] years you’ve asked how i write, find inspiration, overcome writers block, and get creative,” she wrote. “in Healing Through Words i share all my secrets: with over 65 guided writing exercises based on the themes of milk and honey, it will send you on an endless journey of self-exploration.”
Healing Through Words is scheduled for publication on Sept. 27.
Michael Schaub, a journalist and regular contributor to NPR, lives near Austin, Texas.
