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Poured Over Double Shot: Bryan Washington and Curtis Chin
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Length:
96 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Family Meal by Bryan Washington features the importance of food, friends and connection with a cast of characters working through the transitions in life. Washington joins us to talk about the identity of place, how he writes the messiness of life, staying truthful to characters and their struggles and more. Curtis Chin’s Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant follows the author’s life as he grew up in and around his family’s restaurant where he came to better understand himself and those around him. Chin joins us to talk about the perils of writing about your relatives, the nuances of cultural identity, a very particular Detroit meal and more. Listen in as these authors speak separately with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Family Meal by Bryan Washington Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin Memorial by Bryan Washington Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park 100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell Mott Street by Ava Chin The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang
Released:
Oct 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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