Of Flesh & Spirit

by Wang Ping

Life interpreted, written, and emulated in the style of the Tao, spiced with experiences of NYC.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566890683
• ISBN13: 9781566890687
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

My favorite book of poetry

I first picked up Of Flesh and Spirit at a used bookstore in South Dakota when I was 15 years old. I read it, and liked much of it, but didn't really get it. Then, last summer (at age 19), I got it off the shelf to read, and an entirely new world unfolded. My favorite quote, which I remind myself of all the time, is from "Splintered Eye" on page46. Real pain is unspeakable. If it can be described or talked about, it's no longer real.

A reading in Minneapolis

I have returned from a reading by Wang Ping (along with George Kalamaras) and I was highly impressed by her work. As a woman, I find that I can identify with her words of womanhood and restriction. I look forward to delving into her world of prose, although she gives a taste of it in this collection by means of prose-poems.