{"product_id":"crossfire-a-litany-for-survival-paperback","title":"Crossfire: A Litany for Survival - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStaceyann Chin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Woodson\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePowerhouse, world-renowned LGBTQ poet and spoken-word artist Staceyann Chin curates the first full-length collection of her poems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrossfire\u003c\/em\u003e collects Staceyann Chin's empowering, feminist-LGBTQ-Caribbean, activist-driven poetry for the first time in a single book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccording to \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Chin is \"sassy, rageful and sometimes softly self-mocking.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e says that her poems, \"combine hilarious one-liners with a refusal to conform\" and note \"Chin is out to confront more than just the straight world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStaceyann Chin\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eAcross the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e and performing in both the stage and film versions of Howard Zinn's \u003ci\u003eVoices of a People's History of the United States, \u003c\/i\u003eto starring in the Tony nominated, \u003ci\u003eRussell Simmons Def Poetry Jam\u003c\/i\u003e on Broadway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770388513056,"sku":"9781642590258","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2cd81bde0ad912c36399515ed01bfab5.webp?v=1780370697","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/crossfire-a-litany-for-survival-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}