LEADER 02909nam 2200541 450 001 9910811811103321 005 20230803201814.0 010 $a1-60940-353-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000088822 035 $a(EBL)1634758 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001113382 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12383616 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113382 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11165764 035 $a(PQKB)11747024 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1634758 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1634758 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10838650 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL576538 035 $a(OCoLC)871551637 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000088822 100 $a20140227h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTen thousand waves $epoems /$fWang Ping 210 1$aSan Antonio, Texas :$cWings Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (114 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60940-350-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; I: Bargain; A Hakka Man Farms Rare Earth in South China; Dust Angels; Bargain; Young Monk at Debating Court; Winter Worm, Summer Plant; All Roads to Lhasa; Time to Go Down the Mountain; Solstice in Lhasa; Luosang's Dream; Paradise; She Shines Shoes at the Metal City of Yongkang; The Snail Catcher; Song of Twenty-Four Solar Terms; The Collector; The Newlyweds' Bedroom: A Migrant Story, Chongming, Shanghai; Plunged into the Sea; Wild Pheasant; II: The Price of a Finger; The Price of a Finger; The Last Son of China 327 $aIn Search of Chinese PoetsThis Is Not Violence; III: Crossing the Line; This Is How You Cross the Line; WX Speaks from China Wok; Ten Thousand Waves; The Great Summons; My Name Is Suni; Notes; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Back Cover 330 $aWang Ping's collection looks at a wide swathe of Chinese history and literature, and examines various issues stemming from immigration to America. She conveys the voices of centuries of farmers and factory laborers, revolutionaries, writers, artists and craftsmen. She has a unique gift for telling small stories with powerful emotional effects. The title poem, ""Ten Thousand Waves,"" was inspired by a tragedy that occurred on February 5, 2004. More than twenty Chinese laborers were drowned in Morecambe Bay, England, when they were caught by an incoming tide. They were collecting cockl 606 $aChinese American women$vPoetry 615 0$aChinese American women 676 $a811/.54 700 $aWang$b Ping$f1957-$01604188 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811811103321 996 $aTen thousand waves$94038913 997 $aUNINA