INTO THE MYSTIC Rumi’s Caravan evolved from a spoken-word group assembled some 30 years ago in Sebastopol. (Photo courtesy of Rumi’s Caravan) Born in Persia in 1207 C.E., Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi ...
April is National Poetry Month, so it seemed the perfect time to read poetry, which is not my usual genre. “The Lost Spells” by Robert Macfarlane seemed a good place to start with its small size and ...
My students visit me in the basement. draped in its own torn sails. Alicia Jo Rabins is a poet, musician, performer and Torah teacher based in Portland, Ore. Her book, “Divinity School,” won the 2015 ...