Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: Curtis Chin Book Event

About this episode

Curtis Chin discusses his memoir and experiences related to his family's Chinese restaurant in Detroit during a book event in Windsor.

Curtis Chin is the author of the award-winning memoir, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant. The restaurant of the title was a popular downtown Detroit eatery owned by his family for generations. Chin was recently in Windsor, kicking off his five-stop Canadian book tour. A co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City, Curtis Chin served as the nonprofit's first Executive Director. He went on to write comedy for network and cable television before tran...

People in this episode

Hosts: Kim, Irene, Sarah

Guest: Curtis Chin

Topics covered

• memoir
• Asian American literature
• book tour
• family business
• comedy writing

Keywords

• Curtis Chin
• Chinese restaurant
• memoir
• Detroit
• book event
• Asian American Writers’ Workshop
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Asian American Writers’ Workshop

Books & works: Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

Places: Detroit, Windsor

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