Curtis from Detroit
Writer/Producer/Director/Activist
Mon 10/16 @7 - PRE-LAUNCH KICK-OFF hosted by AAPI Civic Engagement Fund and Run AAPI (virtual)
Tu 10/17 @7 - Strand Bookstore, Manhattan, NYC with Jafreen Uddin
Wed 10/18 @7 - Books Are Magic (Montague), Brooklyn with Hannah Bae
Th 10/19 @7 - MLK Library, DC with Ben DeGuzman
Fr 10/20 @ 12:30 - East Brunswick Library
F 10/20 @6 - Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA with David L. Eng
Sa 10/21 @5 - Princeton Library Beyond Words Gala, NJ with A.M. Homes
Su 10/22 @6 - Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA with Rani Neutill
M 10/23 @7:30- Ramsey Library (zoom), St. Paul, MN with Katie Chin
Tu 10/24 @ 6 - Boston Atheneum, MA with Amber Payne
Th 10/26 @1 - Cal Poly Pomona, CA
Th 10/26 @7 - Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA with Jeff Yang
Fr 10/27 @7 - Stop AAPI Hate at JANM, Los Angeles, CA with Manjusha Kulkarni
Sa 10/28 @2 - Oakland Asian Cultural Center, CA with Terry Park
Su 10/ 29 @6 - Books, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
M 10/30 @7 - Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Ave., Inner Sunset, SF with Dominic Lim
W 11/1 @6 - Ocean Star Restaurant w/ University Bookstore, Seattle, WA
Th 11/2 @12:30 - University of Washington at Tacoma
F 11/3 @7 - Portland State Univ, OR
Su 11/5 @2 - Boswell Books, Milwaukee, WI
M 11/6 @7 - North Central College, Naperville, IL with Liz Spencer
Tu 11/7 @6 - American Writers Museum, Chicago, IL
W 11/8 @TBD - Oakland Univ, Rochester Hills, MI
Th 11/9 @ 4 - Univ Michigan (Rackham) Ann Arbor, MI
Sa 11/11 @ 6:30 - Ann Arbor District Library, MI
Su 11/12 @ 2 - Detroit Historical Museum, MI
Mo 11/13 @1 - University of Toledo, OH
Tu 11/14 @4:30 - Bowling Green Univ, OH
W 11/15 @5 - Oberlin College, OH
Th 11/16 @7 - Cuyahoga Library, Beachwood, OH
Fr 11/17 @7 - Norcross Public Library, GA
Su 11/19 @TBD - Miami Book Fair, FL
Stops in Phoenix, Denver, Houston, Richmond, San Diego, Tucson to come. For more info, email info@curtisfromdetroit.com.
Thanks to the University of Michigan Alumni Association and other community groups for supporting individual readings.
Big Fall 2023 Tour
Latest Updates
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LIST ALERT! In anticipation of our upcoming release, we've been named to a few lists. Check it out!
Washington Post - 29 Books to Read this Fall
San Francisco Chronicle - 25 Highly Anticipated Books for this fall
Time Magazine - Top 36 Most Anticipated Titles for the Fall
Electric Literature - Most Anticipated LGBT Titles
Goodreads - 55 Most Anticipated Books for the Fall
Publishers Weekly - Top 10 Memoirs for the Fall
W Magazine - The 23 Most Anticipated Books this Fall
Eater - The Best Food Books to Read this Fall
And here are nice reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly.
INTERVIEW ALERT! I was recently interviewed for a FOX 2 News report on the destruction of one of the last buildings in Detroit's Chinatown. Sadly, the building was demolished, but here's an OP-ED I wrote for the Free Press.
And here is a segment from Tucson's public TV station and their show, Arizona Illustrated. The story is about the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, but I am featured starting at 5:11
Dear Corky and Other Chinatown Stories
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!
