Tentmaking: Poems and Prose Paragraphs

by Coleman Barks

This is a major new collection of original poems from the premiere translator of Rumi (his latest book, The Soul of Rumi, was published September 2001 by HarperSanFrancisco). Along with translating Rumi for the last 25 years, Coleman has been writing his own poetry. His last volume, Gourd Seed, came out in 1993. This is a collection from work done over the last eight years.

Genres: Poetry

188 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

Coleman Barks is an American poet. Despite the fact that he admittedly speaks no Persian, he is world-renowned as a translator of Rumi and other mystic poets of Persia. Barks taught literature at the University of Georgia for three decades. He makes frequent international appearances and is well-known throughout the Middle East. Barks's work has contributed to an extremely strong following of Rumi in the English-speaking world. Due to his work, the ideas of Sufism have crossed many cultural boundaries over the past few decades. Coleman Barks received an honorary doctorate from Tehran University in 2006.

Reviews

[marcali · Rating 5 out of 5]

so much sadness here-- feel like i've caught up on things in athens (known but not known )