Meet The Author: Curtis Chin!
Date: Thu May 15 2025
Time: 18:00 BST Arrival
Start: 18:30 BST
Location: Imperial College London; Sir Alexander Fleming Building; Room: SAF 121
This reading kicks off a 12-event book tour of the UK.
The book has been featured in New York Times,the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine, as well as CBS Saturday Morning News and NBC News. It's also been honored by the State of Michigan, the American Library Association, the Association for Asian American Studies, and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.Here is a segment that aired on PBS Newshour.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOOv1AKvX4c
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 us to learn more about his journey!
