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My life in 8 words: "Jamaican-born woman, activist, writer, performer, New Yorker."
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The Other Side of Paradise will be released on February 09, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Feb 09, 2010
The Other Side of Paradise is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 09, 2010
Author Appearances have been announced:
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The Other Side of Paradise is now available in Hardcover
Apr 14, 2009
The Other Side of Paradise will be released on April 14, 2009 in eBook
Apr 14, 2009
The Other Side of Paradise is now available in eBook
Apr 14, 2009
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Chapter 1 from The Other Side of ParadiseMar 01, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?Feb 14, 2009
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What are your 5 favorite songs?Feb 14, 2009
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What is your biggest pet peeve?Feb 14, 2009
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What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?Feb 14, 2009
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What’s your fantasy profession?Feb 14, 2009
Staceyann Chin's Books
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The Other Side of ParadiseFrom Staceyann Chin, the iconic star of Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam, a brave and fiercely candid memoir about growing up in Jamaica.Read More
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The NEIU Independent, February 7, 2012
...There's nothing new about Staceyann Chin except the new addition to her family, and for that, we at Independent say congrats. Though new to motherhood, Chin is no virgin to the literary scene. Ms. Chin...
Pomona College Web, February 6, 2012
...in Black women’s fashion from Angela Davis to Rihanna, to the cadence of poets as diverse as Staceyann Chin and Audre Lorde, all attempting to name elements of the phenomena that have emerged to shape the global expectation of cool itself. Publishers...
The New Age Online, September 27, 2011
...the literary heavyweights such as poet Keorapetse Kgosietsile, Pulitzer Prize winner and author Zakes Mda and US poet Staceyann Chin. He is not only a poet but a musician of note. His ambition is to play acoustic guitar in concerts to raise money for...
Broadway World, June 19, 2011
...represented for all of her 14 books, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Dorothy Allison, Frances Fox Piven, Martin Duberman, Adrienne Rich, Staceyann Chin, Martin Espada, Alix Dobkin, Juan Gonzales, FrEd Jerome, Staughton Lynd, iconic feminists including Charlotte Bunch...
Examiner.com, February 28, 2011
...with anticipation as participants of the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference (MBLGTACC) waited for poet/activist/author Staceyann Chin to take the stage. The suspense was well worth the wait; after her introduction, Chin...
New York Writers Coalition, September 28, 2011
...Greene Park Summer Literary Festival. Poetry and prose by Chris Abani , Amiri Baraka , Cheryl Boyce-Taylor , Staceyann Chin , Kwame Dawes , Jennifer Egan , Marlon James , Jacqueline Johnson , Willie Perdomo , Sonia Sanchez , Hal...
New York Writers Coalition, September 21, 2011
...the annual Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival. Poetry and prose by Chris Abani , Amiri Baraka , Cheryl Boyce-Taylor , Staceyann Chin , Kwame Dawes , Jennifer Egan , Marlon James , Jacqueline Johnson , Willie Perdomo , Sonia Sanchez , Hal Sirowitz...
APOOO, August 10, 2011
...is a post from: APOOO Related Posts Powder Necklace by Ekua Brew-Hammond The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin Pym by Mat Johnson Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende...
Abagond, July 18, 2011
...put into one book. What a great idea! I also have Kindle books by Maya Angelou , James Baldwin, Staceyann Chin , Michael Eric Dyson , Heidi Durrow , bell hooks , June Jordan , Carter G. Woodson, Richard Wright and others where racism is pretty much an...
APOOO, July 1, 2011
...The Other Side of Paradise is the childhood memoir of Staceyann Chin, an award-winning, highly celebrated performing artist, spoken word poet, and political activist. In the novel, she reminisces about her early beginnings in rural Jamaica living in a...
TALLAWAH: Jamaican Culture, Music, Theatre & Film , June 13, 2011
...SIGN ME UP: Chin autographs a copy of her book for Jean Small. Last Thursday evening at Bookophilia (Hope Road, St. Andrew), Chin, 38, read excerpts from her crowd-pleasing 2009 memoir The Other Side of Paradise (Scribner), which charts her climb from...
The Angry Black Woman, May 27, 2011
...or less as a conversation with McClodden herself. The film included conversations with artists and writers such as Staceyann Chin , Fiona Zedde and others. Writing about the film, McClodden has said of the project, “I hope this film will provide...
