CURTIS CHIN

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Curtis Chin's memoir, "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant" was published by Little, Brown and Company in October 2023. The book is about growing up Asian American in the Black and white city of Detroit, and coming out in his working-class immigrant community, as well as being a first-generation college student at the University of Michigan.
 

Graduating with a degree in creative writing, Chin has written for CNN, Bon Appetit, the Detroit Free Press, and the Boston Globe, as well as for comedy shows on network television. Chin has received fellowships from ABC/Disney Television, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He has won awards from the National Association for Multicultural Education, the National Association for Ethnic Studies, the American Librarians Association, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and served as a Visiting Scholar at New York University.
 

Chin has screened his films for over 600 organizations in twenty countries, including the White House, Lincoln Center, Amnesty International, SXSWEdu, and the Government of Norway. Past media include CNN, MSNBC, and public radio, as well as The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Tricycle Magazine, Huffington Post, and more.
 

As an organizer, Chin co-founded the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, the premiere non-profit dedicated to promoting Asian American writers. He has also worked as the Director of Outreach for the Democratic National Committee, and served on Barack Obama’s Asian American Leadership Committee during his 2008 Presidential Campaign.

His most recent documentary, "Dear Corky," a short on photographer, Corky Lee, recently premiered on American Masters (PBS), and he is currently working on a new Chinese Restaurant project.