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Film, Video Amy Tan: 2018 National Book Festival

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Title

  • Amy Tan: 2018 National Book Festival

Summary

  • Amy Tan discusses "Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir" at the 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Event Date

  • September 01, 2018

Notes

  • -  Amy Tan is the author of "The Valley of Amazement," "The Joy Luck Club," "The Kitchen God's Wife," "The Hundred Secret Senses," "The Bonesetter's Daughter" and "The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life." She has also penned two children's books: "The Moon Lady" and "Sagwa," which has been adapted as a PBS production. Her new publication is "Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir" (Ecco). Tan's essays and stories have been published in many magazines and anthologies, and her work has been translated into 35 languages.

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  • 1 hours 27 seconds

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