Living Between Worlds with Amy Yee

In March 2008, journalist Amy Yee (amyyeewrites.com) was assigned to cover a press conference in Dharamsala following the Chinese government’s crackdown on protests throughout Tibet. After an unexpected personal encounter with the Dalai Lama (tricycle.org/category/dalai-lama) at the conference, she set out to highlight the stories of Tibetans living in exile in Dharamsala and around the world. Her new book, Far from the Rooftop of the World: Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents (uncpress.org/book/9781469675510/far-from-the-r…), follows the stories of four Tibetans as they forge new lives in exile in India, the United States, Belgium, and Australia.
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, sits down with Yee to discuss how the Tibetan communities she encountered preserve their cultural heritage in exile (tricycle.org/magazine/tibetan-writing-exile), what happens when a religious tradition takes root in a new environment, and how she hopes the book will contribute to larger conversations around forced migration.