Def Poetry

Coming-of-age tale recounts harrowing childhood in Jamaica

source: PopMatters

 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 ...

Published Sun, May 3

Coming-of-age tale recounts harrowing childhood in Jamaica

source: Victoria Advocate

 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 ...

Published Tue, Apr 28

HAVE YOU READ THE NEW STACEYANN CHIN BOOK? BARNES AND NOBLE NEW ...

source: AfterEllen.com

An opinionated figure, she is beloved the world over and recognized perhaps most famously for her appearance on both Broadway and HBO for Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam. Her work has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, ...

Published Mon, Apr 13

'A Reliable Wife,' 'The Horse Boy,' 'Jeff in Venice'

source: Newsday

 NY THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE, by Staceyann Chin (Scribner, $24). Chin, a performer in "Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam," writes about her childhood in Jamaica without a present mother or father, and of her decision, as a college student, to come out as a ...

Published Thu, Apr 9

Intersections: What's the Big Idea?

source: wbez.org

 IL Featuring keynote address by Tony Award Winner and Def Poetry Jam Poet Staceyann Chin, and a special presentation by Ceasar McDowell of Dropping Knowledge. Workshops to be presented by: Award Winning Poet and Author Patrick Rosal, 2004 National Poetry ...

Published Thu, Feb 19

Lesbian poet Staceyann Chin to read at Speak Out event in Miami

source: Sun-Sentinel.com

 FL - Chin, who is Jamaican and Chinese descent, went on to co-write and co-star in the Tony Award-winning Russell Simmons Def Poetry show on Broadway. ...

Published Mon, Jan 19

Out poet: Staceyann Chin is a soldier in the army fighting on ...

source: MiamiHerald.com

 FL - In addition to appearing on Def Poetry, Chin has performed one-woman shows throughout the world, including three Off-Broadway. ...

Published Fri, Jan 16

TONIGHT Staceyann Chin at 8pm in Miller Theatre!

source: The Blaaag

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, Staceyann Chin ...

Published Tue, Oct 14