Rumi’s Little Book of Love and Laughter: Teaching Stories and Fables by Coleman Barks

Rumi’s Little Book of Love and Laughter presents teaching stories and fables from Rumi in Coleman Barks’s English renderings. These earthy, humorous pieces consider love, betrayal, death and the soul through characters whose failings are part of the lesson.

Published by Hampton Roads, the collection includes more than forty stories and fables. Its sometimes ribald humor is part of Rumi’s literary and spiritual teaching, making it a different reading experience from a collection of gentle inspirational quotations.