2023年10月16日
The 奥克兰 大学 AAPI and LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Groups (ERG) are partnering to bring renowned writer, 柯蒂斯的下巴, to campus on Wednesday, 11月. 8.
Chin will discuss his memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” in which he talks about growing up in Detroit in the 80’s, 出来, and balancing life in the restaurant and the Chinatown community in Detroit.
这个事件, which will also serve as a kickoff for Chin’s Detroit book tour, is co-sponsored by the AAPI ERG, LGBTQIA +尔格, Student Affairs and Diversity, the Department of Writing and Rhetoric, and the School of Education and Human Services.
The book discussion will take place at 6 p.m. in the 奥克兰 Center Banquet Hall at 312 Medow Brook Road in Rochester, Mich. 下巴的书, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” will be available for purchase and there will be a book signing leading up to the invitation-only reception at 8 p.m.
Admission is free, but those wishing to attend are encouraged to reserve a spot by visiting www.哪些.com.
For more information about this event, contact 奥克兰 大学 Professor Tomoko Wakabayashi at [email protected].
关于Curtis chin
A co-founder of the Asian American Writer’s Workshop in New York City, Chin served as the non-profit’s first executive director. He went on to write for network and cable television before transitioning to social justice documentaries.
Chin has screened his films at over 600 venues in 16 countries. He has written for CNN, Bon Appetit, the Detroit Free Press, and the Emancipator/Boston Globe.
A graduate of the 大学 of Michigan, Chin has received awards from ABC/Disney Television, New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, 和更多的. His essay in Bon Appetit was recently selected for Best Food Writing in America 2023.
他的回忆录, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” will be released on October 17, 2023. It traces Chin’s journey through 1980’s Detroit as he navigated rising xenophobia, the AIDS epidemic, and the Reagan Revolution to find his voice as a writer and activist — all set against the backdrop of his family’s popular Chinese restaurant. Publisher’s Weekly has already named it one of the 十大回忆录 今年秋天.