Best-selling author Amy Tan is the featured speaker for the 29th annual Governor’s Lecture in the Humanities, presented by Humanities Nebraska and the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues.
“A Conversation with Amy Tan” will be free and open to the public at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. The event will also be live streamed by Nebraska Public Media.
In conversation with UNL associate professor of English and ethnic studies Kwakiutl Dreher, Tan will speak on her many books to shine a light on the human experience from a fresh perspective.
About Amy Tan
Born in the U.S. to immigrant parents from China, Tan’s first best-selling novel was “The Joy Luck Club,” which is a look at the immigration experience from the perspective of mothers and daughters. Other New York Times best-sellers followed, including “The Kitchen God’s Wife,” “The Hundred Secret Senses,” “The Bonesetter’s Daughter,” “Saving Fish from Drowning,” and “The Valley of Amazement.”
Tan is also the author of two children’s books, a memoir, and other works. In keeping with her love of science and childhood love of doodling, she recently took up nature journal sketching. Her new book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles” (Knopf, 2024), debuted at #1 on the ABA’s Indie bestseller list and was called “delightful” by the New York Times. She received the National Humanities Medal in 2021.
Co-chaired by Connie Duncan and Andy Pollock, this year’s Governor’s Lecture in the Humanities is the 29th consecutive year that Humanities Nebraska has brought a national speaker to Nebraska to give a free public talk on topics related to the humanities.
It will also kick off the 37th year of the E.N. Thompson Forum lecture series. Prior to Amy Tan’s free public talk, the 2024 Sower Award in the Humanities will be presented during Humanities Nebraska’s benefit reception and dinner at Embassy Suites. The Sower Award honors an individual who has made a significant contribution to the public understanding of the humanities in Nebraska.
Learn more and reserve tickets here: https://humanitiesnebraska.org/programs/governors-lecture/
