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In 2012 headmaster Purbu Tsewang (a.k.a. Bir Bahadur) for the first time in Nubri's history admitted the children of blacksmiths to a school. This video documents the event and includes a speech in support of the action by Khenpo Tashi Tsering of Lho…

Karl Shapiro to Isabella Gardner, February 4, 1955. Shapiro complements Gardner on her poem and her developed talent. He mentions that he is afraid of new situations. Shapiro says that Berkeley feels like a foreign land. He doesn't want to go back…

Karl Shapiro to Isabella Gardner, March 22, 1954. Shapiro gives Gardner his opinions on her paper. He mentions that he doesn't like the way poets are encouraged by the public to talk about things instead of hearing poems. He advises Gardner not to…