Gold

GoldA vibrant selection of poems by the great Persian mystic with groundbreaking translations by an American poet of Persian descent. Rumis poems were meant to induce a sense of ecstatic illumination and liberation in his audience, bringing its members to a condition of serenity, compassion, and oneness with the divine. They remain masterpieces of world literature to which readers in many languages continually return for inspiration and succor, as wellas

Despite its size

The book begins with Kaki Lima stories from Southeast Asia

from guerrilla gardening to queer ecology and zen garden

'Thank God for yellow ochre

There's joy too

in particular the keris

Themes and associations become apparent as the volume offers new

It brings together ethnomusicological and cultural studies perspectives

to reveal how the First Millennium was bound together by diverse exegetical traditions that nurtured communities and often stimulated each other

Shaykh Dawud al-Fatani stands out as one of the most prolific scholars in the history of the Malay Archipelago

He explores innovative treatments — from neurofeedback and meditation to sports

author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera