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POET COLEMAN BARKS DISCUSSES RECORDING WITH TUATARA ON GPB SUNDAY NIGHT

Jeff Calder of The Swimming Pool Q’s interviews the poet Coleman Barks this Sunday August 9 at 8 PM on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s literary show Cover-to-Cover (including WUGA in Athens and other stations statewide). Barks is the internationally renowned translator of the Sufi poet Rumi. It’s a special one-hour version of Cover-to-Cover that spotlights Coleman in multiple musical formats including performances with Tuatara, the world music combo featuring Peter Buck of R.E.M. The show can be streamed live at Gpb.org or accessed later in the Cover-to-Cover archive.

For more information on Coleman Barks and the program, please visit Cover To Cover