Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, "The Politics of Sorrow"

Main Point Books welcomes Tsering Wangmo Dhompa with her new book "The Politics of Sorrow: A Story of Unity and Allegiance Across Tibetan Exile." She'll be joined by guest host Lisa Sewell.

The event will be in our lower level event space. Reservations are requested via Eventbrite; walk-ins are welcome as space allows.

About the Author

Tsering Wangmo Dhompa is the first Tibetan female poet to be published in English. Raised in India and Nepal, she has degrees from the University of Delhi, University of Massachusetts, San Francisco State University and University of California, Santa Cruz. She is currently an assistant professor in the English Department at Villanova University. She's published six poetry collections and one other nonfiction book about Tibet.

About the Book

The Politics of Sorrow tells the story of the Group of Thirteen, a collective of chieftains and lamas from the regions of Kham and Amdo, who sought to preserve Tibet’s cultural diversity after the exile of 1959. They established settlements in India in the mid-1960s with the goal of protecting their regional and religious traditions, setting them apart from the majority of Tibetan refugees, who saw a common tradition as the basis for unifying the Tibetan people

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