More Info

Ships USPS Media Mail $3.98.
Usually ships in 1 to 4 days.

From the iconic performer and one of the most original voices of her generation, an unforgettable memoir about growing up in Jamaica.

Stayceyann Chin "Feminist or a Womanist" YouTube

"Def Poet" Staceyann Chin YouTube

Staceyann Chin, The Other Side of Paradise Staceyann Chin is a fulltime artist. A resident of New York City and a Jamaican National, she has been an “out poet and political activist” since 1998. From the rousing cheers of the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe to one-woman shows Off- Broadway to poetry workshops in Denmark and London to co-writer and performer in the Tony nominated, Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, Chin credits the long list of "things she has done" to her grandmother's hard-working history and the pain of her mother's absence.

Staceyann was the winner of the 1999 Chicago People of Color Slam and winner of
WORD: The First Slam for Television. Staceyann has enjoyed great success internationally, with much lauded performances in London, Denmark, Germany, and New York's own Central Park- Summer Stage.

In 1999, Staceyann took the American Amazon Slam title in Aarhus, Denmark. Since then, many more Danish Newspapers have voiced their opinion of the poet from Montego Bay, Jamaica: The Information, Retorik Magasinet, and Berlingske.

Her individual performances warranted her work being published in the New York Staceyann Chin as a child Times, the Washington Post, and the Pittsburgh Daily. Her work was also featured on "60 Minutes."

Summer 2003 brought a remarkably successful whirlwind tour of South Africa: Cape
Town, Durban, Johannesburg and a quick visit to Soweto. October found her playing a
dancer when she was asked to be the first poet commissioned to write and perform a
piece with the prestigious Dance Africa Chicago. Still fighting for time to finish all the other projects she has begun: her much-anticipated memoir, the new one-woman show, CDs, the books of unfinished poems, The poet/performer/activist/entertainer is desperately trying to create some room to travel to see her sister and to breathe.

You may also be interested in these:

Mean Little Deaf Queer by Terry Galloway What could have been a bitter litany of complaint is instead an unexpectedly hilarious and affecting take on life. A must read! $16.00 Quantity:	2012 Book Bag Love women? Love books? 3 Great Books by Women! The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin We'Moon 2012 Spiral Datebook Mean Little Deaf Queer by Terry Galloway Free Shipping!* ON SALE! ~~$50.00~~ $45.00 On Sale! Quantity:	WeMoon Datebook 2012 A full color Astrological and Lunar Datebook filled with art and writings from women around the world. Spiral Bound. SOLD OUT! $18.95
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver Barbara Kingsolver's first book since Poisonwood Bible. This ambitious novel is a classic Kingsolver masterpiece. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are characters in this amazing story too! ~~$16.99~~ $13.99 On Sale! Quantity:	Sheepish, A Memoir by Catherine Friend Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save The Planet. Another humorous, but educational memoir from the author of Hit by a Farm. Will make you laugh and appreciate wool sweaters at the same time! $16.00 Quantity:	WeMoon Anthology 30 Years! Open up this book to any page for inspiration in your daily life. You won’t want to put it down! Paperback. BACK IN STOCK! $25.95 Quantity:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett An excellent selection for book groups. Relationships between the classes and races of the deep South in the 1960’s. A focus on the lives of maids. ~~$16.00~~ $13.00 On Sale! Quantity:	My Red Blood by Alix Dobkin Women’s music legend chronicles her rise to fame as the first artist to record an openly lesbian album in 1973. But as with most good stories, this one begins much earlier. $16.95 Quantity:	Love Belongs To Those Who Do The Feeling by Judy Grahn New and selected poems 1966 to 2006! "Anyone who reads Grahn will be changed for life. Repeat: for life." Alicia Ostriker. $21.95 Quantity: