The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin

The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin

Staceyann Chin has appeared on television and radio, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, CN, and PBS, discussing issues of race and sexuality. But it is her extraordinary voice that launched her career as a performer, poet, and activist. Here, she shares her unforgettable story of triumph against all odds in this brave and fiercely candid memoir.

No one knew Staceyann's mother was pregnant until a dangerously small baby was born on the floor of her grandmother's house in Jamaica, on Christmas Day. Staceyann's mother did not want her, and her father was not present. No one, except her grandmother, thought Staceyann would survive. It was her grandmother who nurtured and protected and provided for Staceyann and her older brother in the early years. But when the three were separated, Staceyann was thrust, alone, into an unfamiliar and dysfunctional home in Paradise, Jamaica. .

Told with grace, humor, and courage, Chin plumbs tender and unsettling memories as she writes about drifting from one home to the next, coming out as a lesbian, finding the man she believes to be her father, and ultimately, discovering her voice. .

Chin, Staceyann: - Staceyann Chin is a full time artist. A resident of New York City and a Jamaican National, she has been an out poet and political activist since 1998. From the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe to one-woman shows Off-Broadway to acting in Julie Taymor's Across the Universe and performing in both the stage and film versions of Howard Zinn's Voices of a People's History of the United States, to starring 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. She is the author of her memoir The Other Side of Paradise and Crossfire, a collection of her poetry.

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ISBN 13	9780743292900
ISBN 10	0743292901
Title	The Other Side of Paradise
Author	Staceyann Chin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Other book format
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2009-04-14
Number of pages	288
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