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A Talk with poet, translator, and scholar,

Bhuchung D Sonam

For Tibetan writers, exile, writing, and home are deeply intertwined concepts. Forced into the space of others, exiles often find that their displacement, despite its unimaginable hardships, becomes fertile ground for creative expression. Through their work - both in English or Tibetan - they examine the idea of home, cultural dislocation and their sense of self. Is home simply an imagined aspiration or a concrete space to fight for? Do these writers write merely to find solace, or does the act of writing serve a greater purpose? 

About the speaker: Bhuchung D. Sonam is an exiled Tibetan poet, writer, translator, and publisher. His books include Songs from Dewachen and Yak Horns: Notes on Contemporary Tibetan Writing, Music and Film & Politics. He has edited Muses in Exile: An Anthology of Tibetan Poetry, and has compiled and translated Burning the Sun’s Braids: New Poetry from Tibet. He is a founding member and editor of TibetWrites and its imprint Blackneck Books, which promotes and publishes the creative works of Tibetans.