Ben Xu on the symbolism of the mah jong game

Gloria Shen on Amy Tan's atypical narrative structure

M. Marie Booth Foster on developing a voice, developing an identity

Steven P. Sondrup on the multiple uses of language in The Joy Luck Club

Patricia L. Hamilton on the influence of feng shui in the novel

Wendy Ho on a Joy Luck Club father

Patricia P. Chu on balancing the novel's strengths and weaknesses

Peter X. Feng on taking The Joy Luck Club from novel to film

Mary Ellen Snodgrass on the function of storytelling in The Joy Luck Club

Bella Adams on conflicting meanings in Jing-mei's story

Magali Cornier Michael on an alternative view of the novel's conclusion

Jane Elliott on the struggle between the past and the future.