Presented by Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing
Song of the Snow Lion: New Writing from Tibet
Guest-edited by Tsering Shakya and Herbert J. Batt
Song of the Snow Lion features new fiction, poetry, and essays from Tibet. Since China’s invasion of their country in 1950 and the suffering brought about by the Cultural Revolution, Tibetans have struggled to prevent their ancient culture and country from disappearing. At the same time, many Tibetans recognize that modernization in some form must come. Out of such difficult political conditions and cultural paradoxes, Tibetan authors have developed a literature that, despite Chinese censorship, explores the pressing questions facing their country today.
ESSAYS
The Waterfall and Fragrant Flowers, 28
Tsering Shakya
Facing the Village, 68
Lenore Look
Two Essays, 79
Virgil Suarez
Your Birth Day, 121
Palden Gyal
FICTION
Chimi, the Free Man, 1
Tashi Dawa
Journal of the Grassland, 19
Yangtso Kyi
Get the Boat Here, 42
Sebo
The Thief of Tay Ninh, 49
Kevin Bowen
The Shard, the Tissue, an Affair, 64
Andrew Lam
An Old Nun Tells Her Story, 83
Geyang
The Glory of the Wind Horse, 96
Tashi Dawa
Room 218, Hurrah!, 125
Tonga
A God without Gender, 134
Yangdon
Tomorrow’s Weather Will Be Better, 152
Tashi Pelden
Evidence, 165
Olen Steinhauer
POETRY
Waterfall of Youth, 9
Dhondup Gyal
Tears of Regret Flow Uncontrollably, 14
Lhagyal Tshering
Snow Mountain Tears, 16
Dpa’dar
Three Poems, 57
Xue Di
Three Poems, 60
Sarah Lindsay
Two Poems, 62
Bill Tremblay
Two Poems, 115
Ju Kalzang
Two Poems, 118
Alai
Three Poems, 144
Meizhuo
Two Poems, 150
Yidam Tsering
from “The Lightning Field“, 162
Carol Moldaw
Reviews, 177