Wang Ping was born in China. Her books include American Visa, Foreign Devil, Of Flesh and Spirit, The Magic Whip, The Last Communist Virgin, and New Generation: Poetry from China Today. Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in China won the Eugene Kayden Award for the Best Book in Humanities. She is the recipient of grants from the NEA, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council of the Arts, Minnesota State Arts Board, the Bush Artist Fellowship, and Lannan Foundation. She teaches at Macalester College.
