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Curtis Chin

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Local/Express (2013)

ⓘ About Curtis Chin

Curtis Chin is a director, writer, producer, and activist. His memoir was released in 2023 from Little, Brown and Company. The book focuses on his personal experience growing up as an Asian American in the city of Detroit, which was largely black and white at the time. It also covers Curtis coming out while being a part of the working-class immigrant community and covers his time as a college student and the first generation in his family to go to college at the University of Michigan. Curtis graduated from the University of Michigan with his degree in creative writing. During his career, Curtis has written for a variety of outlets such as Bon Appetit, CNN, the Detroit Free Press and the Boston Globe. He has also written for network television comedy shows.

All Book Series by Curtis Chin

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Local/Express book cover

Local/Express

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2013

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2013
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Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant book cover

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2023

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2023

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Curtis Chin?

Curtis Chin is a director, writer, producer, and activist. His memoir was released in 2023 from Little, Brown and Company. The book focuses on his personal experience growing up as an Asian American in the city of Detroit, which was largely black and white at the time.

Which Curtis Chin series should I start with?

Curtis Chin's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Local/Express (2013).

How many books has Curtis Chin written?

Curtis Chin has 2 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2013 and 2023. They all sit in a single category — Non-Fiction — rather than in numbered series.

In what order should Curtis Chin's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 2 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Curtis Chin's books organised into series?

This guide splits Curtis Chin's 2 books into categories rather than numbered series: Non-Fiction (2 books).