Contributors

James Applewhite is an associate professor of English and director of Duke’s Institute for the Arts. He has published three books of poetry — Statues of the Grass, Following Gravity, and Foreseeing the Journey — and edited a collection of environmental pieces called Voices from Earth.

Coleman Barks teaches poetry at the University of Georgia.

Adam Fisher is a writer who lives in New York City.

Lorenzo W. Milam is the author of The Cripple Liberation Front Marching Band Blues (Mho & Mho Works). He lives in San Diego, California.

John Moyne is a Persian scholar and director of the linguistics program at the City University of New York.

Jon Remmerde is a writer who lives in Sumpter, Oregon.

Howard Jay Rubin is a writer who lives in Durham, North Carolina. His work has recently appeared in New Age and Yoga Journal.

Jelaluddin Rumi was a thirteenth century poet who lived most of his life in Konya, Turkey.

Sy Safransky is editor of THE SUN.

Keith Thompson is a contributing editor for The Esalen Catalog and is at work on a new book, with the poet Robert Bly, about men. He lives in Mill Valley, California.