Movies
James Redford, son of Robert Redford, died before the Sundance premiere of his biodoc on author Amy Tan that’s now on PBS. She talks about writing and more.
May 3, 2021
Books
Four years after people took up bird-watching during the pandemic, there’s a spate of new books about birding capitalizing on this heightened interest.
March 6, 2024
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July 4, 2009
Dec. 2, 2011
Opinion
It’s a pleasure to sit with Amy Tan as she sketches and watches her way to an obsession about the birds in her Marin County backyard.
April 16, 2024
Daisy Tan, the mother of author Amy Tan and the inspiration for her second book, “The Kitchen God’s Wife,” has died at the age of 83.
Nov. 25, 1999
Amy Tan’s ‘The Valley of Amazement,’ on a courtesan’s life
Nov. 22, 2013
A young woman suffers a chain of calamities against the backdrop of early 20th century China.
The author, who considers the plight of Myanmar insurgents in her latest novel, calls her bout with Lyme disease a turning point.
Dec. 30, 2005
The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings; Amy Tan; G.P. Putnam’s Sons: 400 pp., $24.95
Dec. 24, 2003