National Humanities Medal winner and bests elling author of The Joy Luck Club\, Amy Tan joins us to share on her body of work and reflect on the wonder of slowing down and savoring the quiet moments. Her connection to nature is captured in her latest\, The Backyard Bird Chronicles\, a collection of sketches and essays which debuted at #1 on both the New York Times and the Indie bestseller list.
\nBorn in the U.S. to immigrant parents from China\, Tan&rsquo\;s first bestselling novel\, The Joy Luck Club\, offered a look at the immigration experience from the perspective of mothers and daughters. Other New York Times best-s ellers followed\, including The Kitchen God&rsquo\;s Wife\, The Hundred Se cret Senses\, The Bonesetter&rsquo\;s Daughter\, Saving Fish from Drowning \, and The Valley of Amazement. Tan is also the author of two children&rsq uo\;s books\, a memoir\, and other works. In keeping with her love of scie nce and childhood love of doodling\, she recently took up nature journal s ketching. When she found herself overwhelmed by our increasingly divisive culture\, she turned to nature and the world of bird life outside her own window.
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