{"product_id":"everything-i-learned-i-learned-in-a-chinese-restaurant","title":"Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant","description":"\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"expandContent\" id=\"desc_summary1607748959-content\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost Anticipated This Fall in \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Goodreads, \u003ci\u003eLamba Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e PinkNews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis “vivid, moving, funny, and heartfelt” memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’s Detroit (Lisa Ko, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Leavers\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung’s Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone—from the city’s first Black mayor to the local drag queens, from a big-time Hollywood star to elderly Jewish couples—could sit down for a warm, home-cooked meal. Here was where, beneath a bright-red awning and surrounded by his multigenerational family, filmmaker and activist Curtis Chin came of age; where he learned to embrace his identity as a gay ABC, or American-born Chinese; where he navigated the divided city’s spiraling misfortunes; and where—between helpings of almond boneless chicken, sweet-and-sour pork, and some of his own, less-savory culinary concoctions—he realized just how much he had to offer to the world, to his beloved family, and to himself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eServed up by the cofounder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and structured around the very menu that graced the tables of Chung’s,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEverything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is both a memoir and an invitation: to step inside one boy’s childhood oasis, scoot into a vinyl booth, and grow up with him—and perhaps even share something off the secret menu.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"popModal_inner\" class=\"defaultModalInnerStyle\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"readingParent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"readingPanel\" class=\"textExtraLarge\"\u003eA cofounder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCurtis Chin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eserved as the nonprofit’s first executive director. He went on to write for network television before transitioning to social-justice documentaries. Chin has screened his films at over six hundred venues in sixteen countries. He has written for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCNN\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBon Appétit\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmancipator\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of the University of Michigan and a former visiting scholar at New York University, Chin has received awards from ABC\/Disney Television, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and more. He can be found at CurtisfromDetroit.com. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50484207845665,"sku":"9780316507653","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50484207878433,"sku":"9780316507752","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0808\/8521\/9617\/files\/Screenshot2024-03-11at2.12.57PM.png?v=1710191588","url":"https:\/\/www.onwaverly.com\/products\/everything-i-learned-i-learned-in-a-chinese-restaurant","provider":"On Waverly","version":"1.0","type":"link"}