Meet the Author: Curtis Chin 陳國材| 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 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 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 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. 

陳國材（Curtis Chin）作家講座 書籍：《我的一切所學都來自中餐館》(Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant) 2025 年 3 月 24 日（星期一） 下午 5 時 30 分至 7 時 獨立圖書館 (Independence Library)，地址︰18 South 7th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 陳國材是紐約市亞裔美國作家工作坊的聯合創辦人，並擔任該非牟利機構的首任執行總監。 他曾為電視廣播網和有線電視台撰寫喜劇，其後轉為製作社會議題紀錄片。 陳國材的影片已在 20 個國家／地區的 600 多個場地放映。 他曾為 CNN、《Bon Appetit》、《底特律自由報》和《Emancipator/波士頓環球報》撰稿。 陳國材畢業於密芝根大學，曾獲 ABC／迪士尼電視台、紐約藝術基金會、國家藝術基金會等頒發獎項。 他的回憶錄《我的一切所學都來自中餐館》於 2023 年秋季由 Little, Brown 出版。 他在《Bon Appetit》發表的文章獲選為 2023 年美國最佳美食寫作。 陳國材的網站是 www.curtisfromdetroit.com.