Dinner & A Book - Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

Curtis Chin’s 2023 memoir, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, reveals an important slice of American history - Chinese immigration to the U.S., and the multigenerational struggle for self-determination. Kathy Burnette, owner of Brain Lair Books and community literacy champion joins April Lidinsky for a sweet, savory and salty examination of the personal and political education Chin received about people, culture and history, while growing up in his family’s Detroit restaurant.

Original Airdate: February 07, 2026