Author
Curtis Chin
Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 6:00pm
A co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City, Curtis Chin served as the non-profits’ 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 Appetit, the Detroit Free Press, and the 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 memoir, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant was published by Little, Brown in Fall 2023. His essay in Bon Appetit was selected for Best Food Writing in America 2023. He is in post-production on a new film for American Masters on PBS.
Costa Mesa Donald Dungan Library
1855 Park Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Books available for purchase, courtesy of Lido Village Books. No registration required, all ages welcome. Early arrival suggested.
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This project is funded in part through a grant from the California Department of Aging and administered locally by the Orange County Office on Aging.