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Tsering Yangzom Lama<\/strong>\u2019s debut novel, We Measure the Earth with our Bodies<\/a><\/em>, is a New York Times Summer Reads Pick and a finalist for The Scotiabank Giller Prize, and longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and The Toronto Book Award. She holds an MFA in Writing from Columbia University and a BA in Creative Writing and International Relations from the University of British Columbia. She currently lives in Vancouver, Canada. “Breathtaking in scope and powerfully intimate,\u00a0We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies\u00a0is a gorgeously written meditation on colonization, displacement, and the lengths we\u2019ll go to remain connected to our families and ancestral lands. Told through the lives of four people over fifty years, this beautifully lyrical debut novel provides a nuanced portrait of the world of Tibetan exiles.”<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9019,"template":"","festival_year":[29],"yoast_head":"\nTsering Yangzom Lama - Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/denmanislandwritersfestival.com\/writer\/tsering-yangzom-lama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tsering Yangzom Lama - Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tsering Yangzom Lama\u2019s debut novel, We Measure the Earth with our Bodies, is a New York Times Summer Reads Pick and a finalist for The Scotiabank Giller Prize, and longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and The Toronto Book Award. 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