Rupi Kaur is a favorite poet of mine. Her raw honesty and ability to express her most intimate emotions allows her to create beauty with her verse. She is in my “Best Books” and I have recommended her in past posts.
The Broward County library district’s book review committee voted to remove three texts by poet Rupi Kaur because of sexual content. One of the Committee members said her favorite poem is from “The Sun and All Her Flowers,” one of Rupi Kaur’s texts under review, but she was still in favor of removing the book because it includes 3 drawings depicting outlines of naked bodies; pictures so innocuous I doubt a horny teenager could work up a good enough fantasy to rub one out!
The best part of this story is the name of the committee member that appears to share my love of Rupi’s poetry. It’s Michelle Beavers, but I’m not sure anyone under the age of 40 gets the irony considering the new trends in intimate grooming.