Rumi's Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of LoveThe acclaimed author of Smash Cut, Flannery, and City Poet delivers a major biography of Rumi, the tirteenth century Persian poet revered by contemporary Western readers. The ecstatic love poems of Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi mystic born more than eight centuries ago, are beloved by millions of readers in America as well as around the world. Rumi has been compared to Shakespeare for his outpouring of creativity and St. Francis of Assisi for his