Tsering Wangmo Dhompa is the first Tibet

Tibet

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an female poet

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 to be published in English. She was raised in India

India

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 and Nepal

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. Tsering received her MA from University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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 and her MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University

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. Her first book of poems, Rules of the House, published by Apogee Press in 2002 was a finalist for the Asian American Literary Awards

Asian American Literary Awards

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in 2003. Other publications include In the Absent Everyday (a book of poems published by Apogee Press), and two chapbooks: In Writing the Names (A.bacus, Poets & Poets Press) and Recurring Gestures (Tangram Press). In Letter For Love she delivered her first short story.

Books

• In the Absent Everyday, Apogee Press, Berkeley 2005
• Rules of the House, Apogee Press, Berkeley 2002
• Recurring Gestures, Tangram Press,
• In Writing the Names, A.bacus, 2000

Anthologies

• Contemporary Voices of the Eastern World: An Anthology of Poems, edited by Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal, and Ravi Shankar. W.W. Norton and Co. 2007
• The Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry Ed. Andrew Schelling, Wisdom Publications 2005 Page 41-51
• Muses in Exile: An Anthology of Tibetan Poetry Ed. Bhuchung D. Sonam Paljor Publications Pvt. Ltd. India 2005.
• An Other Voice: English Literature from Nepal, edited by Deepak Thapa and Kesang Tseten, Martin Chautari 2002 Nepal

Articles

• Letter For Love, Caravan Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 08 (August 2010)
• Nostalgia in Contemporary Tibetan Writing

External links

• 12 or 20 questions: Tsering Wangmo Dhompa (Interview)