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You're listening to Insights at the Edge.

Today is a rebroadcast of one of my favorite episodes.

I hope you enjoy.

Today my guest is Coleman Barks.

Coleman Barks is a leading scholar and translator of the 13th century Persian mystic, Jalaladin Rumi.

He taught poetry and creative writing at the University of Georgia for 30 years, and is the author of numerous Rumi translations,

and has been a student of Sufism since 1977.

His work with Rumi was the subject of an hour-long segment

in Bill Moyers' Language of Life series on PBS.

Which Sounds True, Coleman Barks has released the audio programs,

I Want Burning, the ecstatic world of Rumi, Hafiz, and Lala, a CD called Rumi, Voice of Longing, and also a brand new, beautiful three-CD

collection, which is a collaboration between Coleman Barks and cellist David Darling.

It's called Just Being Here, Rumi and Human Friendship.

In this episode of Insights at the Edge,

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