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From W be easy Chicago, this is Nurdette.

I'm Tricia Bobito.

And I'm Greta Johnson.

This week on the show, author Amy Tan tells us where she finds

creativity what it's like to be a procrastinator who has to give a TED Talk and about the

instrument she plays in the band with authors Stephen King and Dave Barry.

Hint it is not a tambourine.

Really, really not a tambourine.

Plus Greta tells us about her trip to the Ruve Goldberg competition.

It was a nerd haven.

All that on Nurdette.

Amy Tan is probably best known for her book The Joy Luck Club and more recently the bonesetter's daughter.

But last month her name came up for a very different reason.

Indeed, some people at the American Museum of Natural History named a leech after her.

Turns out this was a gesture of love for Amy Tan, who is friends with a lot of these scientists

and goes on expeditions with them to discover new species and when they finally found the new

brand new leech that nobody knew existed until this trip Amy said that they

wanted to name it after someone who would as she put it, actually appreciate it.

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