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Staceyann Chin is a nigger who needs a hair cut, some non-whore clothes, and a real job.

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+'''Staceyann Chin''' is a nigger who needs a hair cut, some non-whore clothes, and a real job.
-'''Staceyann Chin''' is a [[spoken word]] [[poet]] born in [[Jamaica]] and living in [[New York City]].  Chin is a full-time artist. [[Coming out|Openly]] [[lesbian]],<ref name="boykin">{{citation |title=Staceyann Chin's Redemption Song |first=Keith |last=Boykin |authorlink=Keith Boykin |date=[[October 3]] [[2006]] |accessdate=[[2007-10-29]] |url=http://www.keithboykin.com/arch/2006/10/03/staceyann_chin_redem |periodical=KeithBoykin.com}}</ref> she has been an "out poet and political activist" since 1998. 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 Award|Tony]]-nominated, [[Russell Simmons]] ''[[Def Poetry Jam]]'' on [[Broadway theatre|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.
-Chin was the winner of the 1999 Chicago People of Color Slam; first runner- up in the 1999 Outright [[Poetry Slam]]; winner of the 1998 Lambda Poetry Slam; a finalist in the 1999 Nuyorican Grand Slam; winner of the 1998 and 2000 Slam This!; and winner of WORD: The First Slam for Television. She has also been featured by cable access programs in Brooklyn and Manhattan as well as many local radio stations including, WHCR and WBAI. The Joseph Pap Public Theatre has featured this young poet on more than one occasion, and Staceyann has enjoyed great success internationally, with much lauded performances in London, Denmark, Germany, and New York's own [[Central Park]] Summer Stage.
-Her individual performances warranted her work being published in the [[New York Times]], the [[Washington Post]], and the [[Pittsburgh Daily]]. Her work was also featured on "[[60 Minutes]]." Her poems can be found in her first chapbook, Wildcat Woman, the one she now carries on her back, Stories Surrounding My Coming, and numerous the anthologies, including Skyscrapers, Taxis and Tampons, Poetry Slam, Role Call, Cultural Studies: Critical Methodologies. Staceyann's voice can be heard on CD compilations out of Bar 13- Union Square, Pow Wow productions and many more.
-She is a host on [[Logo (TV channel)|Logo's]] ''After Ellen'' internet show "She Said What?" and a co-host of [[BET J]]'s ''My Two Cents''.
-Still fighting for time to finish all the other projects she has begun: her much-anticipated memoir, the new one-woman show, CDs, DVDs, the books of unfinished poems, The poet/performer/activist/entertainer is desperately trying to create some room to travel to see her sister and to breathe.
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