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Title: Amy Tan - Finding Meaning through Writing
Added: Aug 4, 2008
Author: ForaTv
Duration: 5:30
Description:
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/10/On_Writing_Amy_Tan_in_Conversation_with_Roger_RosenblattBestselling 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.
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Youtube Comments: 34
Speedygi Says:
May 26, 2009 - I thought she was so funny.
IsThatMyAdobo Says:
May 27, 2009 - thanks for uploading :D
cushk1970 Says:
Jun 23, 2009 - I quite enjoyed this. I haven't read one of her books in years. I think I'll have to go and find something new!
Freetheppl Says:
Jun 29, 2009 - are you nuts?
000266617 Says:
Jul 7, 2009 - She must be joking, being sarcastic about not going to summer camp being the worse part of a bad childhood Cannot be serious. Still, it sounds silly.
LunaBunnies Says:
Jul 23, 2009 - Do you know the details of her life?I don't, so I had no way to weigh the seriousness of this sentence, either. I didn't know if her childhood really wasn't that bad after all, or if it was and she was just joking and being modest.
000266617 Says:
Jul 23, 2009 - When you remember woman such as Lynn in "Coal Miner's Daughter" where she was born in poverty, and other women writing of abuse, saying the worse thing in your life is not going to summer camp, has got to be a sarcastic joke. Women write of being in concentration camps and raped, so if Tan was serious, it would get a yawn.
LunaBunnies Says:
Jul 23, 2009 - I don't remember Lynn in "Coal Miner's Daughter", because I've never heard of it. I was born in 1990. My culture doesn't go very far back.And you never answered my question, at least not that I can find. I was asking if you knew details of Amy Tan's life other than the joke and what else she said here, because that would serve as a comparison to the seriousness of the "camp" statement - comparing the statement to that of -other- women would not. Other women have no relevance here.
000266617 Says:
Jul 23, 2009 - Sorry, missed the question. I've read an interview or two by her, and I don't see any details of an extradordinarly bad childhood.I know that some Asian men complained about "The Joy Luck Club"
LunaBunnies Says:
Jul 23, 2009 - Oh, I see. Thank you.
000266617 Says:
Jul 27, 2009 - She said "Here's one of the worst things. I never got to go to summer camp"
fruitikay Says:
Aug 17, 2009 - 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"
calebp9503 Says:
Sep 18, 2009 - "Never got to go to summer camp . . ." what a load of nonsense; oh how terrible that must have been. Try being beaten.
apexxxx10 Says:
Sep 20, 2009 - " I did not go to summer camp!"...What a lot of nonsense...I feel so sorry for you.John K Lindgren CarSanook! Bangkok
KLguy133 Says:
Oct 16, 2009 - who is this person ?
misterunderblister Says:
Jan 1, 2010 - 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!!
worldcitizen54 Says:
Jan 4, 2010 - I do agree!!! Best ever!!!!
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Apr 1, 2010 - @fruitikay: Get published, then you won't have to brag about how big your dick is on YouTube forums.
fruitikay Says:
Apr 1, 2010 - fuck you. If you have opposition to what I say, post a legitimate argument. asshole.
Revengeancer Says:
Apr 2, 2010 - @fruitikay: With that repartee, you're sure to get a book deal in no time!
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Apr 2, 2010 - TROLL
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Teodrof Says:
Apr 23, 2009 - god this woman is dull