Thanks @mihumanities @smithsonianfolkways for an incredible night of food, fun, and books! Thanks to @monjinlau for serving the delicious #almondbonelesschicken and @nature.nerds.unite @angelachillin @katiewittenauer for sharing the stage! #writers

Thanks @ocanational @detroitaca for a beautiful award and @det313chinatownvision for a great block party. What an awesome weekend. Blessed to have so many friends. Thanks to my family for coming out! #writers

#blind Okay, I was so deep into the writing this morning that I accidentally sat on my glasses. That means, if I see you in the next 24 hours and don't recognize you, you will know why. Luckily, I have a spare at home and Jeff is coming out with them tomorrow morning.

Thank you @officialsandracisneros @macondowriters for a wonderful time in #San Antonio. I met so many talented and supportive writers. Everyone, you should be applying to get into this workshop next year. It's so much fun. I hope to be back myself at some point!

@houstonpubliclibrary what a wonderful time in #Alief! Thanks Cecilia, Melissa, Rogene, Kathleen, Eugene, and everyone else who came out!

Thanks @clcfreemanlibrary @harriscountypl for a great talk in Clear Lake and delicious dumplings with Jennifer, Esteban and Chris! #writers

OMG! I almost lost my phone! In Houston, I walked to a coffee shop nearby my hotel. I got there 20 minutes early, so I sat in the adjacent park writing. When the place opened, I was so deep in thought I just went in, ordered my drink, and continued working. 1/2

Thanks to the incredible team @xiabookscafe for a fantastic evening! Friends, be sure to support this incredible nonprofit bookstore in #stpaul I'm already thinking of ways to come back!

Thanks @aajaofficial for a great time in #minneapolis. So many old friends and new ones. Can't wait to see you all in #sanfrancisco

I love my @aajaofficial family! I was busy writing this morning, so I missed breakfast, but in a session, I get a text from my fellow Chinese restaurant kid @monicaengreporter, "I have a pastry for you!" And it was a gay one! Thanks Monica!

#HappyPride! Great news! @hachetteus @littlebrown will publish my next #memoir. It picks up right after "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant" when I move to NYC to pursue writing and activism. Thanks @sallyjkim @vleebooks @folioliterary Sonali for believing in my story! #writers

Growing up in #Detroit in the 80s, it was all about the #badboys & the Pistons. I'll forever be loyal to my hometown team, but when I moved to NYC after college, I feel like that city raised me, too. To my #secondhometown team and our fabulous new mayor #mamdani, congrats! (Photo: BBC)

#minnesota join me and @originalspin at @xiabookscafe for a fun talk on family, food, and films on Sun June 28 at 5:00pm. It's the day after the @aajaofficial conference! #writers #twincitiesmua

For 20 years, my family has offered the Shui Kuen and Allen Chin #Scholarship for students whose family work in #Asianrestaurants. Happy to announce this year's three winners. The next round opens in January 2027. asianpacificfund.org/what-we-do/s... thanks @asianpacificfund

#GoBlue always love coming back to campus. Thanks to #qthc2026 @aadlgram for a great conference. Love catching up with friends who are doing great stuff. Can't wait to come back to #annarbor

#GoBlue I'm at #QTHC2026 conference in Ann Arbor. For kicks, I thought it would be fun to stay in the dorms again. When I was going to school here, I was in Couzens. North Quad didn't even exist. Was this a mistake? @lgbtqhistorya @mihumanities

#goblue Join us this Friday at 1:30pm @aadlgram for an awesome talk on Queer Michigan history. It's part of the ##qthc2026 conference @lgbtqhistorya Thanks @mihumanities for your support!

#flashback I'm doing research for my next memoir, set in NYC in the 90s. My friends are sharing their stories & pics w/ me. Here's one from the early days of the @aaww_nyc Thanks (c) Kitty Katz 1993/94. If there any other images and stories out there, please DM to share!

Look what I just bought on #ebay! It's one of our old menus. Look at the prices. I'm guessing it's from the early 70s? #chinesefood is the best. Thanks @mihumanities for alerting me!

Wow, I grew up going to @ocanational picnics in Detroit. They were so much fun. So honored to be recognized by this important organization, alongside so many friends. Join us in my hometown #Detroit on July 25! Be prepared to party! #writers

#yoopers and mid-Michigan, thanks for coming out to @mihumanities Great Michigan Read tour! So much fun to reach out to every corner of the state! #writers @charlevoixlibrary @ssmpubliclibrary @bayliss_library @peterwhitepubliclibrary @stignacelibrary @westbranchpl China Inn MPAAC

Thanks @lithappenswithsyd for inviting me on your show to talk books and @mihumanities! Great fun running into @mrd_reads @2_dandelions_bookshop in the green room. Thanks @stanton.th for making the intro! #writers

Hola #Benalmadena Spain! Thanks to my talented writer friend @laylasabourian for inviting me to join her book club. It was so much fun! #writers

Thanks @caamedia for a wonderful weekend. A sold out screening of shorts including #WarrenKing and a great panel with @aadocnetwork. Saw some great films and got to catch up friends. Can't wait to be back next year!

#ohcanada (2/2) our #buildingbridges tour concluded with stops in Ottawa and Montreal. Merci beaucoup Yet Keen Senior's Center @octopusbooks @cgcsmcgill @igsf.mcgill @jiafoundationmtl Au revoir a bientot! #writers

#SF, I'll be in town for @caamedia @aadocnetwork @firelight_media on Fri & Sat (May 8-9). Hope you can join us! DM if you wanna meet up! #warrenking

#ohcanada, thanks for a wonderful week of friendship, great food, and cool conversations! This is post 1/2 of my #buildingbridges book tour, 7 events in 5 cities. @biblioasis_bookshop @allwriteinsincity @tangschinahouse @anotherstorybookshop @naaapto @cheekncheezcreation @littlebrown

How many authors get a mural with their book cover?! How cool is that? Thanks to @nextchapterbooksdetroit and @mihumanities partners @ph_libraryfriends @bluewaterpridefest @clustermuseum April Book Tour 2/2 @littlebrown

Thanks @mihumanities & Great Michigan Read for an awesome April book tour! So many pics, I've split into 2 posts. This first from @kellogg_community_college @kentdistrictlibrary @muskegon_cc, @almacollegewc, @deltacollege, @flint_public_library, and @capcityfilmfest. @littlebrown

LA Friends, I'm still on my Canadian book tour (photos to come), but I will be back in town next Saturday for a screening of my new @pbs @firelightmedia film, #WarrenKing: KingofCardboard. Please join us.