Table of Contents

EDITORIAL

Editorial

Patricia Vedani-Schiffani, Shelly Bhoil

ART

Art Statement

Nawang Tsomo Kinkar

ARTICLES

Dzamling Gar Song and Dance: A Khaita Manifesto

Eva Leick

The Culture of Tibetan Tulma, Tsampa, and Tea

Geshe Tri Yungdrung

REVIEWS

The Politics of Sorrow: Unity and Allegiance Across Tibetan Exile

Jigme Yeshe Lama

Out of Sight into Mind: The History and Philosophy of Yogic Perception

Rae Dachille

Living Treasure: Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in Honor of Janet Gyatso

Priyanka Chakraborty

Taming the Poisonous: Mercury, Toxicity, and Safety in Tibetan Medical Practice

Mridul Surbhi

Longing to Awaken: Buddhist Devotion in Tibetan Poetry and Song

Tenzin Nyima Bhutia

INTERVIEW

Talking Retreat, Romance, and Writing with Kelsang Lhamo

Tenzin Dickie

FICTION

Virginia Is for Lovers

Losang Gyatso

Pale Songs

Kyabchen Dedrol (Trans. Gödod Norbu Amchok)

Masks

Tsering Döndrup (Trans. Christopher Peacock)

NONFICTION

A Fragment of Life Experience

Kelsang Lhamo (Trans. Kati Fitzgerald)

Raw Remembrances: Memories of My Father on the Banks of My Mind

Tamdin Tso (Trans. Kati Fitzgerald)

Imagining Tibet: Representations in the National Museum of Scotland

Tenzin Ju

POETRY

Epicenter

Tashi Bhutia

Pure Romantics (Hinterland)

Dorji Dhatsenpa

Two Poems

Sonam Chhomo

PERFORMANCE

The Wilderness Wrangler

Rinchen (Trans. Tsemdo)

100 Sunsets: Excerpt and Q & A

Kunsang Kyirong

Oral Tradition: The Life of Domley Sonam Wangyal

(Trans. Tenzin Dorji)