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Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

by Curtis Chin

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Book of the Day, NPR · November 15, 2023

Curtis Chin's memoir pays homage to his family's Chinese restaurant

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A memoir recalling Chin's upbringing as a gay Chinese-American boy in 1980s Detroit, and how his family's Chinese restaurant served as a safe space and community hub for a diverse clientele, shaping his worldview to this day.

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