Acclaimed translator of Rumi’s poetry, vocalist, and performance artist of Persian descent, Haleh Liza Gafori, will be joined by cellist Isabel Castellvi  and special musical guest James Bird to present a night of poetry by the 13th century sage and mystic Rumi. Reciting translations from her books Gold (2022) and Water (2025), both published by New York Review Books/NYRB Classics, Gafori will also sing excerpts of the poems in Persian, offering us glimpses of the astonishing rhythm and wordplay of Rumi’s original text.