October 14, 2010: Reading at the Dakota County Wescott Library from 7-8PM. (Eagan, MN)

October 6, 2010: Two Rivers Reading Series at Anoka-Ramsey Community College from 1-3PM. (Coon Rapids, MN)

September 28, 2010: Reading at Northeast Community College. (Norfolk, NE)

May 23 - June 6, 2010: China research continuation - water diversion along the Yangtze River, from Tibet at the source of China's three major rivers to the Chongming alluvial wetland off the coast of Shanghai. (various urban and rural locations, China)

May 5, 2010: Multimedia installation exhibit opening reception from 4PM-8PM at the ShanghART H-Space - Ten Thousand Waves by Isaac Julien, with assistance by Wang Ping on research, shooting, poems, and sound editing. The exhibit addresses Chinese immigrants in London and immigration around the world and will run through June 20, 2010, open daily from 1PM-6PM. Visit shanghARTgallery.com for more details. (Shanghai, China)

May 5, 2010: McKnight fellows reading at 7PM at The Loft Literary Center Open Book. (Minneapolis, MN)

May 1, 2010: "The Red & The Black - Workers of the World Unite!" A spirited and informative celebration of the 120th anniversary of the adoption of May Day as the official holiday of the International Labor Movement. 6:30PM at the Black Dog Café, stories, poems, songs, video, art work, and presentations about the ongoing struggle for economic and social justice, featuring spoken word by Anya Achtenberg, Ed Bok Lee, Kyle Chase, Diane Jarvi, Wang Ping, and Rich Broderick. Music by The Fantastic Merlins and Diane Jarvi. Presentations by Dr. Stephan Peter, faculty member in political science at Anoka-Ramsey Community College and long-time May Day participant, and members of the Minnesota Chapter of the I.W.W. on the attempted suppression of the Wobblies in the early 20th century and the movement's current progress. Plus continuous video feeds of May Day celebrations in Paris, Berlin and elsewhere. (St. Paul, MN)

April 30, 2010: Poetry reading at 7:30PM at Normandale Community College in room C1095. (Bloomington, MN)

April 27, 2010: A PEN World Voices reading at 7PM at the The Loft Literary Center with Basque writer Bernado Atxaga. (Minneapolis, MN)

April 17, 2010: Minnesota Book Award presenter for fiction at 7PM at the St. Paul Crown Plaza. (St. Paul, MN)

April 9, 2010: Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) - "Honoring the Sandhill Crane Migration Annual Literary Tribute", featuring Allison Hedge Coke, Sherwin Bitsui, Cristina Eisenberg, Wang Ping, Jim Wilson, and Laura Tohe, in the Mineral Hall on the 3rd floor of the Denver Hyatt Regency from 1:30-2:45PM. "Transnational Identities: Asian American Writers & Asia", featuring Bao Phi, Ed Bok Lee, David Mura, and Wang Ping in Room 205 of the Convention Center from 4:30PM-5:45PM. (Denver, CO)

March 12-14, 2010: Editing and recording Ten Thousand Waves in Isaac Julien's film studio. (London, UK)

March 11-13, 2010: China Inside-Out - A Celebration of Chinese Women Writers in English, sponsored by the University Of Edinburgh, Scottish Pen, and Confucius Institute in Scotland. (Edinburgh, Scotland)

March 10-13, 2010: Featured poet at Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness. Split This Rock's mission is to call poets to a greater role in public life and foster a national community of activist poets; to build the audience for poetry of provocation and witness from our home in the nation's capital; and to celebrate poetic diversity and the transformative power of the imagination. The biannual festival will feature four days of readings, panel discussions, workshops, open mics, activism, and a book fair. Read more about the Split This Rock Poetry Festival at SplitThisRock.org. (Washington, DC)

February 25, 2010: Reading from The Magic Whip at St. Catherine University. (St. Paul, MN)

November 22, 2009: Reception and exhibition for social historic photographer Wang Ping and abstract intimate photographer Tim White (YearOfTheWhiteDog.com) at Barbette Restaurant from 3-5PM. (Minneapolis, MN)

November 6, 2009 - January 6, 2010: An exhibit at the Shoebox Gallery entitled Winter Worm Summer Plant features a poem and photos of a Tibetan herbal medicine that grows in the mouth of a worm and its effect on the economy and ecosystem of Tibet. The Gallery is always open for viewing as it is a small storefront window, part of the Robert's Shoes store in the Chicago-Lake neighborhood. Reading with performances TBA. (Minneapolis, MN)

November 2-12, 2009: Artist collaboration on Ten Thousand Waves: Better Life, a documentary video installation about Chinese immigrants in London. (Shanghai and Guiling, China)

Transcripts, recordings, presentations,
and Web sites from previous events

2008 Minnesota Book Awards
For Novel & Short Story (April 12, 2008)
Watch as Wang Ping accepts the 2008 Minnesota Book Award in the category of Novel & Short Story for The Last Communist Virgin. (2:14 / 7.4MB)

KARE 11 (KMSP TV - MN)
Road to China Series (April 8, 2008)
Watch an interview from the nightly news on Wang Ping's travels to China in relation to Chinese conflict in Tibet, globalization, megaprojects, and preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. (2:50 / 9.3MB)

Macalester College
Environment Thursdays at Noon (October 11, 2007)
View a research presentation file on the new Qinghai-Tibet railroad and its impact on the environment, people, and source of Asian water. (PDF/12.4 MB - for best resolution allow full download before scrolling)

Minnesota Public Radio Interview
Wang Ping's Long Journey (May 1, 2007)
Go to Minnesota Public Radio online for an interview with Wang Ping by senior news editor Euan Kerr that aired during the Morning Edition program.

Black & White Violin
Artist Project Collaboration (May, 2007)
Listen to an audio file by New York composer Susie Ibarra that features the spoken poem "Golden Phoenix" by Wang Ping. (8:05 / 9MB) Also visit SusieIbarra.com for her news, performances, and projects.

Behind the Gate
Multimedia Exhibit (March, 2007)
Intended to introduce visitors of all ages to the benefits and dangers of the Three Gorges Dam, and to detail stories of individuals displaced by the project and its environmental impacts, visit the exhibit Web site for complete documentary photos, texts, and video.

Macalester Faculty Talks
The Last Communist Virgin (January 2007)
Wang Ping talks about her collection of short stories, The Last Communist Virgin, and how her experiences in rural China shaped the book. (13:11 / 15MB)

University of Chicago International House
China and the Future of the World (April 28-29, 2006)
See a PowerPoint file on a presentation, entitled "Women in Modern China - From Iron Maiden to Super Model", given for a spring colloquium arranged by the University of Chicago International House.

Also go to the International House Web site for additional downloads, including video, audio, and written transcripts from the event (Panel: Politics and Society in China).

Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Winter Book Poetry Anthology (December 2005)
Listen to two poems as recorded on the accompanying CD to the Minnesota Center for Book Arts 2005 Winter Book Poetry Anthology - There Is No Other Way to Speak:

1. Breaker (1:09 / 1.6MB) 2. Outcry (musical accompaniment by Jesse Katzman - 2:37 / 3.6MB)

Iowa Public Radio
Live from Prairie Lights (February 17, 2004)
Host Julie Englander introduces Wang Ping at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City. As she reads from her poetry collections during this 60-minute broadcast, Ping illustrates the traditions, both beautiful and brutal, of her native China. In doing so, she describes her transition to life in the U.S. and her inspirations for writing.

The audio file requires RealPlayer software, a free download available on real.com.

Random House
Bold Type (March 2002)
In a conversation with Kelley Kawano about her interest in the topic of footbinding, Ping explained her motivation for the focus of her dissertation research and resulting cultural study book, Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in China.

Between the Lines:
Asian American Women's Poetry (2001)
Watch a clip of Wang Ping explaining how she discovered writing and of a video interpretation of her reading "No Sense Of Direction" (from The Magic Whip) for a production by Yunah Hong. (3:50 / 9.7MB)

KARE 11 (KMSP TV - MN)
Aching for Beauty (October 2000)
Watch an interview from the nightly news on her book, Aching for Beauty, how she came to write it, what footbinding means, and what she hoped to accomplish. (4:25 / 9.4MB)

Poets on Poetry
March 19, 1999
Daniel Kane interviews Ping about poems, poetics, and how to teach poetry to students in grades K-12. Ping presented her poem "Syntax" and discussed how speakers of English as a second language can write good poems in English without worrying too much about grammar and syntax.

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD)
Artists on the Cutting Edge (April 10, 1997)
Go to YouTube to view "Flash of Selfish Consciousness: The Poetry of Wang Ping", presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) and UCSD-TV.