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Kaur has developed a large online following of , where she posts some of her poems, and that following has largely gathered over two-and-a-half years, since she began posting her works publicly.
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Phulkari was self-published in May and officially released in July, though she had originally intended to go through a publisher.
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She takes the name Kaur, which is given to all Sikh women 香蕉视频直播� whereas all Sikh men are given the name Singh 香蕉视频直播� and one of her poems defines her perspective of the name.
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| Harman Kaur in a promotional photo for Chapter 1: The Fraying, "an exploration of that which tears us apart," in Phulkari, her recently published book of poetry. (Preet Sanghera photo/Instagram) |
Kaur didn香蕉视频直播檛 always write for herself, saying she specifically wrote on universal terms, speaking in a broad voice to be identifiable with anyone who read her work. But that changed when she started her English degree at Simon Fraser University.
香蕉视频直播淚 was such an English enthusiast, and then all of a sudden I hated it. And I just had to look back and say, 香蕉视频直播榃hy? Why do I hate this so much?香蕉视频直播� And it香蕉视频直播檚 because I was literally reading works of dead white people from the Renaissance, and I didn香蕉视频直播檛 care about dead white men from the Renaissance. 香蕉视频直播� I guess that encouraged me to even write more. I felt this void from not being able to read what I wanted to, and I just filled that void by writing my own stuff,香蕉视频直播� Kaur said.
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The book can be found online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and signed copies of the book are . Phulkari is also being sold at Chapters and Indigo in B.C., as well as the Coles bookstore in the Sevenoaks Shopping Centre.
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