Who is Amy Tan

Complete program at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=444 Author Amy Tan reads from and discusses the fictional "Note to the Reader" from the beginning of her novel, "Saving Fish from Drowning." ----- On an ill-fated art expedition into Burma, 11 Americans leave their Floating Island Resort for a Christmas-morning tour - and disappear. Through twists of fate they encounter a tribe awaiting the return of a leader and the mythical book of wisdom that will protect them from the ravages of the Myanmar military regime. Tan is the author of "The Joy Luck Club;" "The Bonesetter's Daughter" and "Opposite of Fate." - Book Passage

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/10/On_Writing_Amy_Tan_in_Conversation_with_Roger_Rosenblatt Bestselling author Amy Tan recalls her childhood efforts at writing, and discusses how certain events in life have influenced her as an author. ----- 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.

Amy Tan gives a revealing interview.