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Where does creativity hide?
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Amy Tan |
TED2008
• February 2008
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Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved.
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Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved.
Want to use TED Talks in your organization?
Start here
culture
entertainment
storytelling
writing
This talk was presented at an official TED conference.
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About the speaker
Amy Tan
Novelist
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Amy Tan is the author of such beloved books as
The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife
and
The Hundred Secret Senses.
This talk was presented at an official TED conference.
Read our curation guidelines.
