num_pages: 96
description: Having grown up in the Tibetian communities of India and Nepal, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa's perspective is uncommon; as a poet, her talent is unmistakable. "Dhompa's potent suite of poems elucidates and vocalizes the humanness and adversities of the Tibetan diaspora. The praxes of exile and passage literal and as in 'rites of...' are enacted here, soothing complex dynamics of family and 'house.' The moveable hearth is a map of rare ritual and unique, curious attentions. You enter the immigrant girl-child's bifurcated world, coming and going, language to language, culture to culture, from childhood to sexuality, taking Dhompa's ride in her elegantly adopted American-English poet's 'tongue.'" Anne Waldman.
language: English
title: Rules of the House
titlecomplete: Rules of the House
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 44
publisher: Apogee Press