Ellen Oh: Discovering “The Joy Luck Club” @colorincolorado
Ellen Oh: Discovering “The Joy Luck Club”  @colorincolorado
Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Ellen Oh, founder of We Need Diverse Books, talks about the power of seeing a family like her own for the first time in a book, Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club," as well as some of her upsetting experiences related to stereotypical depictions of Asian characters in literature.
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Ellen Oh: Discovering “The Joy Luck Club”

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