Dr. Ping Wang was born in Shanghai, earned her BA in Beijing University, PhD at NYU, MD at AAAOM (traditional Chinese Medicine). Her books of poetry and prose include: The River Within, My Name Is Immigrant, Life of Miracles along the Yangtze and Mississippi, among others. She’s recipient of NEA, Bush, Lannan and McKnight Fellowships, AWP, MN, Eugene Kayden Book Award & others…She was a featured poet and storyteller at NYT, PBS, NPR, MPR, the Moth, Snap Judgement, Boston String Quartet, Cape Symphony and many other places. She’s director of Kinship of Rivers project, a photographer, dancer and installation artist. Her multi-media installations were shown at colleges, galleries, museums, river confluences and mountains around the world. She’s the Emerita Professor of Poetry, Macalester College.
www.behindthegateexhibit.wangping.com
Kinship of Rivers Flag Installation and Interactive Exhibit