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March 22-24, 2012:
Downstream: Reimagining Water at Emily Carr University. (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
July 22, 2011:
River Flag Installation at Great River Road Center, Freedom Park. (Prescott, WI)
June 25, 2011:
River Flag Workshop at 10AM with Lisa Steinmann at Great River Road Center, Freedom Park. (Prescott, WI)
May 21, 2011:
Long Island University distinguished alumna award presentation and reception. (Brookville, NY)
May 15, 2011:
River Story Workshop at 1PM with Lisa Steinmann at Great River Road Center, Freedom Park. (Prescott, WI)
May 3, 2011:
River Poetry Workshop at 10:05AM for Colleen Fridlund and Debbie Thompson's 6th grade class at Horace Mann Elementary School. (St. Paul, MN)
April 30, 2011:
Carnegie Mellon University Adamson Awards Ceremony Keynote Speaker. (Pittsburgh, PA)
April 21-24, 2011:
Make a river flag for the Mississippi and Yangtze Rivers at the Open Eye Theatre during the Kinship of Rivers exhibit reception on Thursday, April 21, from 5:30-7:30PM. Write or draw your thoughts about the Mississippi on home-dyed fabric, which will be part of the Kinship of Rivers project. Your flags will travel to various locations along the Mississippi through 2012 and to the Yangtze during the summer of 2013. The installation includes photos from the two rivers, ancient Chinese batik dye on silk, and river flags made by Mrs. Fredrickson's St. Anthony Park elementary school sixth grade class. (Minneapolis, MN)
April 5, 2011:
Poetry Workshop with Macalester College students Kate Willingham, Christopher Russ, and Alex Schieferdecker at 1:40PM for John Kendrick's 8th grade creative writing students at Ramsey Junior High School. (St. Paul, MN)
March 28, 2011:
Reading series at Long Island University. (Brookville, NY)
March 24, 2011:
National Park Rangers' lecture on Mississippi River Communities at noon in 250 Oline Rice Building at Macalester College during EnviroThursday. (St. Paul, MN)
March 19, 2011:
Reading from Pretend the World by Kathryn Kysar during the book release reception at the Loft Literary Center. (Minneapolis, MN)
March 17, 2011:
River Flag Workshop at 9:30AM with Lisa Steinman for Ms. Fredickson's 6th grade class at St. Anthony Park Elementary School. (St. Paul, MN)
March 15, 2011:
River Poetry Workshop at 2:45PM with Lisa Steinmann for Ms. Fredrickson's 6th grade class at St. Anthony Park Elementary. (St. Paul, MN)
February 8, 2011:
Two River Reading series at Anoka-Ramsey Community College at 11AM and 1PM. (Coon Rapids, MN)
February 5, 2011:
River Flag installation at the Will Steger Foundation. (Ely, MN)
January 2-4, 2011:
University of Nebraska MFA in Writing: lecture on craft and reading at Lied Lodge. (Nebraska City, NE)
December 2, 2010:
Multimedia installation exhibit at the Basel Museum during the Miami Art Festival - 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. (Miami, FL)
November 15 & 10, 2010:
Living Author Series at St. Catherine University. (St. Paul, MN)
November 12, 2010:
Expanded Rivers, a panel discussion at the University of Minnesota with Anton Tueuer and Allen Isaacman. (Minneapolis, MN)
October 21, 2010:
Reading anthology, When the Wind Blows, at the Loft Literary Center at 7PM. (Minneapolis, MN)
October 14, 2010:
Reading at the Dakota County Wescott Library from 7-8PM, "Our Stories: The Immigration Experience". (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)
August 17, 2010:
Reading at 8PM at Vermont Studio Center with Yu Jian and Ron Padgett from the translated work Flash Cards: Poems by Yu Jian. (Johnson, VT)
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)
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Transcripts, recordings, presentations,
and Web sites from previous events
Book Release Reception for Kathryn Kysar
The Loft Literary Center (March 19, 2011)
Watch Wang Ping read "Eating Sushi with Robert Bly and Sam Hamill" from Pretend the World by Kathryn Kysar. (2:21)
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.
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