Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir by Chin, Curtis
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir by Chin, Curtis

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir

This "vivid, moving, funny, and heartfelt" memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin's time growing up as...
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Author: Curtis Chin
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Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir by Chin, Curtis

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir

$30.30
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir by Chin, Curtis

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir

$30.30
Author: Curtis Chin
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

This "vivid, moving, funny, and heartfelt" memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin's time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980's Detroit (Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers).

Nineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung's Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone--from the city's first Black mayor to the local drag queens, from a big-time Hollywood star to elderly Jewish couples--could sit down for a warm, home-cooked meal. Here was where, beneath a bright-red awning and surrounded by his multigenerational family, filmmaker and activist Curtis Chin came of age; where he learned to embrace his identity as a gay ABC, or American-born Chinese; where he navigated the divided city's spiraling misfortunes; and where--between helpings of almond boneless chicken, sweet-and-sour pork, and some of his own, less-savory culinary concoctions--he realized just how much he had to offer to the world, to his beloved family, and to himself.

Served up by the cofounder of the Asian American Writers' Workshop and structured around the very menu that graced the tables of Chung's, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant is both a memoir and an invitation: to step inside one boy's childhood oasis, scoot into a vinyl booth, and grow up with him--and perhaps even share something off the secret menu.

An American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book--Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award
A 2024 Michigan Notable Book
Best Nonfiction Books of the Year--Kirkus Reviews
Best Books of the Year--Apple Books

TIME's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023 - San Francisco Chronicle's Highly Anticipated Books to Put on Your Radar This Fall 2023 - Washington Post's Books to Read This Fall 2023 - Eater's Best Food Books to Read 2023 - Lambda Literary Review's October's Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature

Author: Curtis Chin
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 10/01/2024
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.52w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780316507752

About the Author

Curtis Chin is the author of the award-winning memoir Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, which was named a Stonewall Honor Book and a 2024 Michigan Notable Book. 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. Chin has written for CNN, Bon Appetit, the Detroit Free Press, and the Boston Globe, as well as for comedy shows on network television. He is a co-founder of the Asian American Writers' Workshop in New York City and served as the non-profit's first Executive Director. His essay in Bon Appetit was selected for Best Food Writing in America 2023 and his documentary short, "Dear Corky," premiered on American Masters (PBS). He is currently working on a new docuseries on the history of Chinese restaurants in America. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.


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