Mani Rao is one of East Asia's most admired English language poets. Her early books did not circulate widely outside of Asia. This collection of one hundred selected poems, in a new international edition, bring Rao's work to new audiences worldwide. This volume is drawn from six book: Echolocation (2003), Salt (2001), The Last Beach (2000), Living Shadows (1997), Catapult Season (1992) and Wingspan (1987), covering a writing period of nearly twenty years, the collection reveals the evolution in Rao's style, and the persisting themes of love and impermanence. Mani Rao was born in India in 1965, and moved to Hong Kong in 1993.