Tsering DhompaTsering Wangmo Dhompa was raised in India and Nepal. Tsering received her MA from University of Massachussetts and her MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Her first book of poems, RULES OF THE HOUSE, published by Apogee Pressin 2002 was a finalist for the Asian American Literary Awards in 2003. Other publications include IN THE ABSENT EVERYDAY (Apogee Press, 2005) and two chapbooks, In Writing the Names (A.bacus, Potes & Poets Press) and Recurring Gestures (Tangram Press). Tsering works for a San Francisco based non-profit foundation that provides humanitarian aid to people of the Himalayas. Read More Read Less