Curtis Chin

Curtis Chin is an American writer, filmmaker, and activist born in 1968 in Detroit, Michigan, to Chinese American parents, best known for his award-winning memoir Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant (2021), which recounts his experiences growing up gay and Chinese American in 1980s Detroit while working in his family's restaurant, Chung's.OutHistory, Gum Saan Journal, NBC News. The book received a Stonewall Honor Book award from the American Library Association, was named a 2024 Michigan Notable Book, and was selected as a Great Michigan Read for 2025-26; Chin also co-founded the Asian American Writers' Workshop, directed documentaries like Tested (2015) and Dear Corky (2022), and has earned awards from the National Endowment for the Arts.Curtisfromdetroit.com, Hachette Book Group.