Rumi's Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love

Date: 

Friday, February 10, 2017, 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Thompson Room, Barker Center

Dinner Dialogue fans!

We're back and starting off with a fantastic event about the poet who's captured the hearts and minds of his readers, surpassing boundaries of race, creed, and borders; Rumi.

Please join us for a book talk and signing with author Brad Gooch on his newly released book Rumis Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love.

Praise for Rumi’s Secret:

The poetic words of Rumi have long been an inspiration, though few know much about his life. Brad Gooch has undertaken a meticulously researched labor of love to place Rumi back into his tumultuous time and place in the medieval Islamic world, marking his journey from mystical poet to Sufi saint, and articulating his “religion for lovers” with an interfaith message that speaks across the centuries. Rumi’s life in this telling is as compelling as his poetry. Rumi’s Secret is a beautiful and relevant book.
—Reza Aslan

An excellent and accessible introduction to the profound and generous mystical vision of Rumi that will give Western readers a much needed insight into the true spirituality of Islam.
—Karen Armstrong

Brad Gooch unfolds the secret of Rumi’s art, mapping the transformation of Rumi’s life-experiences into his poems. Friendship, poetry, and spirituality intertwine into a felt experience for readers. Before we know it, Rumi has caught us up in his own experience and we are changed.
—Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf