Def Poetry

Down in Jamaica: A Journey to the Calabash International Literary ...

Brooklyn Rail | Thu, Jun 4

Thu, Jun 4 NY
Staceyann Chin, known for her appearances on Def Poetry Jam, kicks off the morning's readings. This Jamaica-born New Yorker reads from The Other Side of Paradise, a memoir that chronicles her coming of age as a half-black half-Asian gay person on the ...

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7 Months Ago, PopMatters says (in Coming-of-age tale recounts harrowing childhood in Jamaica) IL - Lauren R. Harrison
For Staceyann Chin, it's just another way to stand out among the fray. The Jamaican black and Chinese poet has roused crowds in the Tony Award-winning “Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway,” as well as in her one-woman, off-Broadway ...

And Victoria Advocate says (in Coming-of-age tale recounts harrowing childhood in Jamaica) TX
For Staceyann Chin, it's just another way to stand out among the fray. The Jamaican black and Chinese poet has roused crowds in the Tony Award-winning "Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway," as well as in her one-woman, off-Broadway ...

8 Months Ago, Wall Street Journal says (in FRI 10 | 'Friday Night Lights') In this new memoir, spoken-word artist Staceyann Chin, one of the stars of the Tony-winning Broadway show "Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam," tells the story of her coming of age as a poet, and coming out as a lesbian, in her homeland of Jamaica. ...