• I had never heard of Rumi until Robert Bly handed me this book and he said, ah, “These poems need to be released from their cages.”

    Coleman Barks: I had never heard of Rumi until Robert Bly handed me this book and he said, ah, “These poems need to be released from their cages.”
    "Love’s Confusing Joy: Coleman Barks on Poet Jelaluddin Rumi". Interview with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. March 16, 1995.

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