Join Michigan State University for an evening with Great Michigan Read author Curtis Chin, author of the award-winning memoir Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant. A co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City, Curtis Chin served as the nonprofit’s first Executive Director. He went on to write comedy for network and cable television before transitioning to social justice documentaries. Chin has screened his films at over 600 venues in twenty countries. He has written for CNN, Bon Appétit, the Detroit Free Press, and the Emancipator/Boston Globe.
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. His essay in Bon Appétit was just selected for Best Food Writing in America 2023, and his short doc, “Dear Corky,” premiered on American Masters (PBS). He is currently working on a new Chinese Restaurant project.
Copies of Chin’s book will be available for purchase and signing. Light refreshments available. Learn more here.
This event is made possible in part by a grant from Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The 2025–26 Great Michigan Read is presented by Michigan Humanities. Additional support is provided by national, statewide, and local partners, including the Library of Michigan and MSU Federal Credit Union.
