Curtis Chin: Everything I learned, I learned in a Chinese restaurant

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Writers at York

Curtis Chin grew up in a Chinese restaurant in Detroit: His family’s eatery, Chung’s, kept its doors open for 60 years, until the flagship downtown location closed in 2000. Chung’s is the backbone of Chin’s recent memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” which chronicles his experience growing up Chinese American as the third-born of six children in 1980s Detroit and coming to terms with being gay. [Washington Post]

A co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City, Curtis Chin served as the non-profits’ first Executive Director. He went on to write comedy for network and cable television before transitioning to social justice documentaries. Chin has screened his films at over 600 venues in twenty countries. He has written for CNN, Bon Appetit, the Detroit Free Press, and the Emancipator/Boston Globe. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Chin has received awards from ABC/Disney Television, New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and more. His memoir, "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant" was published by Little, Brown in Fall 2023. His essay in Bon Appetit was selected for Best Food Writing in America 2023.

Join Writers at York (University of York) for a reading and discussion with Curtis Chin, followed by book signings (books available for purchase).