Wang Ping
Host Charles Ruas speaks with Wang Ping about The Magic Whip, her recent collection of poetry. The title refers to the long braid of a woman's hair that, in Chinese culture, is both an allure and a weapon. Here the Shanghai-born American writer and scholar confesses how she discovered the power of Chinese characters - by studying Ezra Pound and translating Chinese poetry for Allen Ginsberg, who started her own writing career in English.
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Host Charles Ruas in conversation with contemporary writers and poets, continuing a stream of intelligent discussion dating back to his legendary days at WBAI Pacifica Radio in New York in the seventies. Ruas is the author of Conversations with American Writers, a Fulbright scholar, and a distinguished French translator. His writing has frequently appeared in both ARTNews and Art in America. His other Clocktower-produced program is Historic Audio From the Archives of Charles Ruas and is one of the most brilliant and extensive collections of historic audio in our archive.
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