Nashville will welcome one of the most important voices in the Asian American literary world when Curtis Chin stops by The Porch for a conversation with Steve Haruch, the senior producer at WPLN's This Is Nashville daily show and a former Scene culture editor. Chin’s work can be found everywhere from the pages of The Boston Globe to film screens around the world (check out last year’s Dear Corky, a tribute to legendary photojournalist Corky Lee), and he’s the lauded co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City. Chin’s visit to Nashville is an encouraging milestone for the city’s growing community of AAPI writers, Haruch tells the Scene. “A lot of Asian American writers here are meeting each other for the first time even in the last few months,” he says. “It’s big to have someone who has the track record that Curtis does to come and sort of give that perspective and help people see that it’s worth seeing through and worth staying in community with each other.” Another reason to pop by: Chin will read from his forthcoming memoir, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, a full six months before its October release date. API Middle Tennessee, which is hosting the event, asks that attendees pre-register for the event at porchtn.org. 4 p.m. at The Porch, 2811 Dogwood Place COLE VILLENA