Author Talk - Curtis Chin

Name: Author Talk - Curtis Chin
Start: 2025-04-07T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-07T20:30:00-04:00
Location: 950 Abbot Rd, East Lansing, MI, United States, Michigan 48823

Schedule

Mon Apr 07 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

950 Abbot Rd, East Lansing, MI, United States, Michigan 48823 | East Lansing, MI

Join us in celebrating the start of National Library Week with a very special author visit! Curtis Chin is the author of the award-winning memoir, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, a 2024 Michigan Notable Book selection. The book is about growing up Asian-American in Detroit and coming out in his working-class immigrant community, as well as being a first-generation college student at the University of Michigan.
The first 50 attendees will receive a FREE copy of the book.
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A co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City, Curtis Chin served as the non-profit's 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 essay in Bon Appetit was just selected for Best Food Writing in America 2023 and his short doc, "Dear Corky" premiered on American Masters (PBS). He is currently working on a new docuseries on the history of Chinese restaurants in America.