Amy Tan - Finding Meaning through Writing

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Bestselling author Amy Tan recalls her childhood efforts at writing, and discusses how certain events in life have influenced her as an author.
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Amy Tan speaks as a part of "Roger Rosenblatt and Friends: On Writing" during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series.
Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate, and Saving Fish from Drowning. She has also written two children's books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat. The latter became a children's television series for PBS called "Sagwa." Amy is a member of the literary garage band, The Rock Bottom Remainders, for which she sings the Nancy Sinatra classic, "These Boots Are Made for Walking" to raise money for after-school literacy programs for inner city kids. Tan's rendition of the pop culture classic can be heard on the CD Stranger than Fiction, which benefits the PEN Writers Fund.

[@margyeoman3564]

Amy Tan is a most wonderful writer! I have read many of her books.

[@marccaz1163]

I admire Amy's dedication to bring out huge stories to weave such wonderful novels, all of which I have read. Headless people in this site hurling nonsensical comments to this video I assume never had any idea what creative writing was.

[@misterunderblister]

Amy Tan is not only the best writer ever, she is funny too! I really admire her, and read her books two or three times. Always finding new things in it. It is a pity that her latest is not in the shops over here.(Holland) Wishing Amy all the best!!

[@Anxiousgazelle]

This pisses me off...you don't need to have a bad childhood to be a good writer. It's all in the imagination...sure, life experiences can fuel your writing, but if you have a really really really really active imagination, you can be just as good as a writer...it's all in natural talent in my opinion...I've written stories of things that have NEVER happened to me...and people have read them and said "wow, i thought i was the only person who went through that.." and I say "i didnt"

[@IsThatMyAdobo]

thanks for uploading :D

[@Ardenwolfe]

Thank you for posting this. Appreciate it. ;)
Wolfe

[@aritrakazi9120]

mr behm's class

[@IntelligentCreature]

she is too Funny...she is an excellent writer!!!
thank you...

[@johnnierah]

foratv seem like an oxymoron, which is a nice thing.