Wang Xiaoni was born in 1955 in Changchun, Jilin Province. She has published more than forty books, including collections of essays, short stories, and poetry.Eleanor Goodman is an American poet and translator. She is the author of Lessons in Glass and the translator of Iron Moon and Wang Xiaoni's Something Crosses My Mind.

Wang Xiaoni was born in 1955 in Changchun, Jilin Province. She has published more than forty books, including collections of essays, short stories, and poetry.Eleanor Goodman is an American poet and translator. She is the author of Lessons in Glass and the translator of Iron Moon and Wang Xiaoni's Something Crosses My Mind.

Wang Xiaoni was born in 1955 in Changchun, Jilin Province. She has published more than forty books, including collections of essays, short stories, and poetry.Eleanor Goodman is an American poet and translator. She is the author of Lessons in Glass and the translator of Iron Moon and Wang Xiaoni's Something Crosses My Mind.