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No one knew Staceyann's mother was pregnant until a dangerously small baby was born on the floor of her grandmother's house in Lottery, 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. There, she faced far greater troubles than absent parents. So, armed with a fierce determination and uncommon intelligence, she discovered a way to break out of this harshly unforgiving world.

Staceyann Chin, acclaimed and iconic performance artist, now brings her extraordinary talents to the page in a brave, lyrical, and fiercely candid memoir about growing up in Jamaica. She plumbs tender and unsettling memories as she writes about drifting from one home to the next, coming out as a lesbian, and finding the man she believes to be her father and ultimately her voice. Hers is an unforgettable story told with grace, humor, and courage.

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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 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.
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Ronald Taylor, May 16, 2009 (view all comments by Ronald Taylor)
I know it's a cliche, but "The Other Side of Paradise," a memoir by Womyn-Warrior Poet-Extraordinaire Staceyann Chin, is quite inspirational. She takes the unusual step of writing in the first-person present. Thus we experience her life as she truly remembers it. At turns heart-breaking and even funny, Paradise is a must read for Chin fans and those just coming to her writing.
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9780743292900
Subtitle:
A Memoir
Author:
Chin, Staceyann
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Scribner
Subject:
Authors, Jamaican
Subject:
Jamaica
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Women
Subject:
cultural heritage
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Specific Groups - Lesbians
Subject:
Homes and haunts
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Chin, Staceyann - Childhood and youth
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Chin, Staceyann - Homes and haunts - Jamaica
Publication Date:
20090414
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Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
288
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