From a run-in with Instagram over a picture of menstrual blood, to a push to ban her books from American schools -- Canadian poet Rupi Kaur has knocked heads with would-be censors since bursting onto the global literary scene. Sexual violence, mental health, immigration -- no topic is taboo, as far as the 29-year-old is concerned, and her candor has earned her a devoted online fan base, with some 4.5 million Instagram followers. But her no-holds barred approach is not to everyone's liking. "It breaks my heart that parents and lawmakers are attempting to ban this book," Kaur says in an interview with AFP following a stage show in Ottawa, where she presented her latest book "Home Body" to a mostly-female audience. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES