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 Bryan Barks was an American poet and literature faculty member at the University of Georgia for 30 years. Although he neither spoke nor read Persian, he was a popular interpreter of Rumi, rewriting the poems based on other English translations.

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. Barks received an honorary doctorate from University of Tehran in 2006.

In March 2009, Barks was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame.

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 )