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Home Body
Author	Rupi Kaur
Illustrator	Rupi Kaur
Language	English
Genre	Instapoetry
Publisher	Andrews McMeel Publishing Universal 2020, Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2020
Publication date	2020
Publication place	Canada
Pages	208

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Home Body is Rupi Kaur's third collection in her series of poetry books. The book has four main chapters along side illustrations by Rupi Kaur herself. Home Body follows some similair themes as her two previous books such as love, sexuality and mental health but this this time she includes growing up in an immigrant family and how she saw her family struggle. Community, environment and capitalism is also mentioned through her poems. Rupi's work is known for being raw, honest and simple. ^[1] The telegraph states "Rupi Kaur might be the world’s most popular living poet" and may be true as seen by her 4.5 million following on Instagram.

Structure

The book consists of four main chapters entitled mind, heart, rest and awake. Mind follows themes such as depression, anxiety, rape and negative feelings about one self. Heart is about relationships both platonic and romantic as well as sexuality and self love. Rest focuses on productivity anxiety, community, and immigration within her own up bringing. Awake is Rupi's final chapter where her feminist writing encourages finding a voice for women and reflecting on her identity as a Sikh and native of Punjab. ^[2]^[3]

Inspiration

Rupi is quoted as saying “It was written as a love letter to the self — a reminder that we must always take the time to fill up on love, acceptance and community. We can’t make it anywhere alone. We need each other. Together, a better world is possible.” ^[2]^[4] Rupi also speaks of her friends as being a big inspiration for her books. In an interview with Tom Power on Q Cbc she said " this book is a celebration of community because this book couldn't be possible without them". She speaks of the women in her life who motivated her to get up and write especially during times she felt depressed and unable to motivate herself through her 'broken pieces'. ^[1] At times Rupi doubts her creativity but home body was an escape to which she faced those fears head on and overcoming them.^[1]

Reception

Home and Body reached number 1 on The New York Times best seller list for fiction paper back and it has sold over 3 million copies. Although many are enamoured with Rupi's work some critics say her work is too simple and some claim that "Kaur’s Home Body is more self-help than poetry". The same critic wrote sarcastically "Printing shit on paper costs money. It takes courage, girl". ^[1] While others believe Rupi's simplicity is what connects the reader to her work allowing the individual to 'fil the gaps' with their own experience and emotions. 'Kaur’s work is famously laced with a delicate simplicity that gives the reader space to touch upon sensitive topics with as much or as little emphasis as they desire' says Lucy Dunn from [The Guardian Glasgow]. Despite some having mixed feelings such as Lucy Dunn who also mentioned having a 'feeling of uncertainty'./^[1] Many more review the book with the thought that Rupi's work is not that of a poet but of a teen on instagram. On the other hand, there are countless reviews who speak well of Rupi's work writing that the simplicty of Rupi's work is compared to Poets of the early 20th century, as she uses only as many words as she needs to express her meaning. /^[1] Rupi’s third book debuted #1 on several bestsellers lists across the world, including the New York Times, in which it stayed for several weeks. Although some criticise her work many adore her writing as is shown by how popular her work and books are.