First day in #Edinburgh and I just signed up for my #librarycard #priorities

Friends in LA! If you're in #LittleTokyo, stop by the brand new @kinokuniyala @kinokuniyausa It's a beautiful store in the staff is very friendly and helpful! They have signed copies of my book! #writers

Happy #pride @macombcountypride! A hidden treasure in #michigan. A celebrity sighting, too! Go Tweety! Thanks Brandon and @jason_carbary_photography for a great afternoon! #writers

#newyork Always a great time. Friends. Family. Books. Films. See you in October!

#southfield Thanks for showing up to our book talk @southfield_library It was great seeing so many former customers! Thanks Daniel and @mihumanities for making this happen! #writers

Thanks @dearbornheightslibrary @jaestan78 @mihumanities for another great event. I can't believe there are just a few more to go! #writers

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!

Hi friends, my latest short, Warren King: King of Cardboard is live on PBS YouTube. Thanks @pbsamericanmasters @firelight_media @wrnking Check it out. youtu.be/ujcXT7AzYTI

Crafting ancestors from cardboard | Warren King: King of Cardboard | In The Making

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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