Books Inc. Pruneyard proudly welcomes Curtis Chin to the shop for a celebration of his "vivid, moving, funny, and heartfelt" memoir (Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers), Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant!

Curtis will be joined in conversation by Saldy Suriben.

EVERYTHING I LEARNED, I LEARNED IN A CHINESE RESTAURANT
From filmmaker and co-founder of the Asian American Writers' Workshop, Curtis Chin's memoir about coming of age and coming out traces the author's journey through 1980's Detroit as he navigated rising xenophobia, the AIDS epidemic, and the Reagan Revolution to find his voice as a writer and activist — all set against the backdrop of his family's popular Chinese restaurant. 

CURTIS CHIN, Author
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 for network and cable television before transitioning to social justice documentaries. Chin has screened his films at over 600 venues in sixteen 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" will be published by Little, Brown in Fall 2023. He's currently writing projects for PBS and Warner Bros. and his essay in Bon Appetit was just selected for Best Food Writing in America 2023.

For more information:

https://www.booksinc.net/event/curtis-chin-book-inc-pruneyard

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