Tsering Wangmo Dhompa Books

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  • Coming Home to Tibet: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Belonging

    Coming Home to Tibet: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Belonging - Paperback

    Coming Home to Tibet: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Belonging - Paperback

    By Tsering Wangmo Dhompa

About Tsering Wangmo Dhompa Books

TSERING WANGMO DHOMPA is the first Tibetan female poet to be published in English. Her first book of poems, Rules of the House (Apogee Press, 2002) was a finalist for the Asian American Literary Awards in 2003. She was raised in India and Nepal and is fluent in several languages and dialects--including Tibetan, Hindi, and Nepali. Tsering received her BA from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, her MA from University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and her MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State. Her poetry articulates the nostalgia of displaced Tibetans, recording the memories of elders in Tibetan communities.