Mirabai Ecstatic Poems

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By: Robert Bly, Jane Hirshfield
2009 | Paperback
ISBN is 9780807063873 / 0807063878
Publisher: Beacon Press

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Mirabai is a literary and spiritual figure of legendary proportions. Born a princess in the region of Rajasthan in 1498, Mira (as she is more commonly known) eschewed the marriage her royal family had arranged for her, celebrating instead her right to independence and intense devotion to Krishna in both her life and poetry. In this collection, Robert Bly and Jane Hirshfield, two of America’s best poets, have created lively English versions of Mirabai’s poems, using fresh images and energetic rhythms to make them accessible to modern readers.

About the Author: Robert Bly is the author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller Iron John, which launched the men’s movement to national fame, as well as several collections of original poetry; most recently, The Night Abraham Called to the Stars: Poems. He has translated numerous poets into English, including Kabir, Pablo Neruda, Cesar Vallejo, Juan Ramon Jimenez, and Frederico Garcia Lorca.

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