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Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥

@curtischin.bsky.social

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Writer, producer, co-founder AAWW. Written for ABC, Disney Channel, PBS, CNN, Bon Appetit, etc. New memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant” (Little, Brown)

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Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · 16h

They're here!!! More than 3,500 copies of my book are at @mihumanities and ready for Great Michigan Read partners across the state. Register to be a partner at www.michiganhumanities.org/great-michigan-read/! The tenth Great Michigan Read launches later this month! #authorlife @littlebrown

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · 2d

Wonderful catching up with @dele.ogun.1 Such a fascinating life. Can't wait to read his book!

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks @bianca_tait for inviting me to join your #storynight at @omnibustheatre. Loved sharing the stage with fellow storytelllers @bigoadventures Lucy Gray @smartmrhawkins Errol Williamson @choudhury_sudeshna

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks @guanghwabookshop for a great book talk last night and @hsienc for moderating. So happy to be in community w/ all who came. For folks in London, the event's organizer @tianxintian_theatre has a queer play coming Oct 8 & 9, "Be Gay, For God's Sake." Get your tickets here:

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · 15d

#London, it's #ESEA Heritage Month. Join us for a reading from my memoir "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant" @guanghwabookshop on Thursday (tomorrow) at 6:00 with my friend @hsienc

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Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · 19d

In London, hanging w/ the awesome @erichuangbooks. We stopped by @commonpressbooks to sign our books. What fun! Support #indiebookstores!

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · 24d

In London, connecting with old friends and new @esealitfest. @erichuangbooks @evawongnava @wendywoomakes

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Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thanks @nlgjaofficial for a fantastic panel! Thanks for sharing the stage @sonalimakes @martypadgett Anissa #writers

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thanks @ocpubliclibraries for hosting a fun reading! Great to see so many familiar faces, too!

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Sep 1

Costa Mesa library on Thursday

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Sep 1

Busy travel week. Los Angeles to New York to Orange County to Atlanta to London. Good thing I can write in airports! #writers

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Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Aug 23

I'm voting for it and I'm telling all my friends to vote for it, too.

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Aug 21

You're a smart cookie!

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Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Aug 16

Stopped by @keplersbooks to sign my book. It's in the food essays section!

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Aug 12

#OC Join us in Costa Mesa on Thurs., Sept. 4 at 6:00pm. See you there!

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Aug 6

I still have my orange and white tote bag from Yearlykos!

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thanks @aajaofficial. Happy to be part of the family! Thanks for sharing the stage @vickynguyentv Buy Vicky's memoir, #boatbaby! Lucky to have such a great "boss" @sallyjkim

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Jul 29

#Seattle! I’ll be speaking this Friday at #AAJA25 convention. If you’re attending, connect with me on the app and say hello!

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thanks @orionartcenter @orionlibrary for a wonderful reading last week! Always great to be back in Michigan!

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Jul 27

Super day! Thanks @det313chinatownvision for putting on a fantastic party on the street that I grew up on. So wonderful to see the possibilities of Chinatown. Special shout out to @nature.nerds.unite @francisgrunow @lily_jiale @les733 @detroitjewels Sandy & the whole team! Can't wait till next year!

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Jul 25

#Detroit tour continues! Thanks to the seniors at @franklinwrightsettlements @mihumanities. On Saturday, I'll be doing a book talk @det313chinatownvision at the Block Party in Chinatown at 1:00pm.

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thanks @franklinwrightsettlements for an awesome afternoon with the youth of #detroit! @mihumanities

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thanks @detbookfest @mihumanities @pbsbooks @caamedia @27thletterbooks @bookbeatdetroit @nextchapterbooksdetroit for a wonderful weekend. Look forward to coming back next year!

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thanks @mihumanities @detbookfest @detroitpubliclibrary for bringing me home! Thanks for sharing the stage with me @brianaricereads @angelachillin Don't forget the big Book Fest on Sunday at Eastern Market with @pbsbooks

Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎥 @curtischin.bsky.social · Jul 18

Aw, thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate it!