Wang Ping was born in Shanghai and grew up on a small island in the East China Sea. After three years spent farming in a mountain village commune, she attended Beijing University. In 1985 she left China to study in the United States, earning her PhD from New York University. She is the acclaimed author of the short story collection American Visa, the novel Foreign Devil, two poetry collections: Of Flesh & Spirit and The Magic Whip, and the cultural study Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in China.

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In this new collection of poems, Wang Ping lyrically recounts her relationships, her arrival and survival in New York from Shanghai, a trip to the Southwest United States, and her experience returning to China after an absence of ten years. In addition to personal memories, Ping emphasizes the cultural neglect and importance of her female ancestors.

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Of Flesh & Spirit

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