Discussion on "The Essential Rumi" - Dr. Cyrus Zargar

Dr. Cyrus Zargar, professor of religion at Augustana, will lead a discussion on "The Essential Rumi" at the Bettendorf Library Contemporary Books Group.

Books will be available for loan on a first-come basis at the previous month's Contemporary Books Discussion and after that at the Information Desk.

Synopsis of the book: "A comprehensive collection of ecstatic poetry that delights with its energy and passion, The Essential Rumi brings the vibrant, living words of famed thirteenth-century Sufi mystic Jelalludin Rumi to contemporary readers."