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Curtis Chin

Writer/Producer/Director/Activist

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"Curtis Chin's movable feast of a memoir dishes out everything you might want in a literary meal -- savory reflections of our recent history, the sour-sweet tang of adolescent nostalgia, a little sauce, a lot of heart -- and yes, plenty of hot tea. The real magic is in how a book that's so fulfilling still leaves you hungry for more."

--Jeff Yang, New York Times bestselling author of THE GOLDEN SCREEN and RISE: A Pop History of Asian America from the 90s to Now

*** PRE-ORDER MY MEMOIR NOW! ***

My memoir will be published on Tues., October 17,

but you can pre-order copies now! 

Amazon • Barnes and Noble

Bookshop • Kobo • Libro • Little, Brown.

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant (Little, Brown)

Dear Corky and Other Chinatown Stories

*** AVAILABLE ON KANOPY IN MAY! ***

 Our award-winning documentary will be available o Kanopy, along with three of our other shorts on Chinatown, focusing on Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco. Be on the lookout!

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SPRING 2023 CALENDAR (Screenings, readings, and talks)

  •  Sat., Feb. 11 - Harvard Law School Conference

  • Sun., Feb. 12, 2pm - Pao Arts Center

  • Mon., Feb. 13, 6pm - MIT

  • Tues., Feb. 14, 1:30pm - Central Connecticut State

  • Tues., Feb. 14, TBD - University of Connecticut

  • Wed., Feb. 15, TBD - Yale

  • Thurs., Feb. 16, 5pm - Columbia 

  • Fri., Feb. 17, 3pm - Rutgers (New Brunswick)

  • Sat., Feb. 18, 7pm - Crane Community Center (Philadelphia)

  • Sun., Feb. 19, 2pm - International Center of Photography 

  • Tues., Feb. 21, 3pm - Princeton

  • Thurs., March 2, 3pm - Tucson Chinese Community Center 

  • Sat., March 4 - Tucson Book Festival

  • Wed., March 8, 6pm - Seattle University

  • Thurs., March 10, 10am - Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference  (Zoom/Boise State, Boise)

  • Sat., March 11 - BiPOC POP Conference (Austin, TX)

  • Thurs., March 16 - 2nd Anniversary of Atlanta Spa Shootings

  • Sat., March 18 - Asian Film Expo (Boston)

  • Sun., April 2 - ACT Human Rights Festival (Ft. Collins, CO)

  • Mon., April 3, 12pm - Colorado State University

  • Mon., April 3, 3pm - University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Tues., April 4, 11am - Colorado College of Mines

  • Tues., April 4, 6pm - University of Colorado, Denver

  • Thurs., April 6, 10am - Association of Asian American Studies (Long Beach)

  • Mon., April 10, 7pm - The Roeper School (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

  • Tues., April 11, 7pm - Cranbrook Academy (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

  • Sat., April 15 - Middle Tennessee State University

  • Sun., April 16 - Nashville AAPI Community

  • Mon., April 17, 4pm - Vanderbilt

  • Thurs., April 20, 12:15 - Multiethnic Literature US Conference (Indianapolis)

  • Fri., April 21, 6pm - Asian American / Asian Resource Initiative (New York)

  • Sat., April 22, 12pm - Rainbow Book Festival (New York)

  • Thurs., April 27 - Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (Oakland)

  • Additional events in New Orleans,  Germany, and the Netherlands to be announced,  

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