The Same Gate

Overview

Featuring 17 poets and writers from around the world in a setting devoted to the contemplation of Rumi's long-standing importance, this collection offers a series of dynamic essay-reflections from the US, Iran, Mexico, Afghanistan, Syria, Sweden, France, Turkey, and Pakistan.

Author Biography

Natasa Durovicová is the editor of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa and its online journal 91st Meridian. She is the coeditor of World Cinemas: Transnational Perspectives; How to Write an Earthquake; and The New Symposium: Poets and Writers on What We Hold in Common. Christopher Merrill is the author of The Grass of Another Country, The Old Bridge, Only the Nail Remains, and Things of the Hidden God. He is the director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. They both live in Iowa City, Iowa.