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Name

Annie

Middle Name

Rachele

Surname

Lanzillotto

Description of Myself

Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, Author of "L Is For Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir," SUNY Albany PRESS, 2013. Author of "Schistsong," a book of poetry, Bordighera Press 2013. Songwriter/vocalist for the albums "Carry My Coffee," "Eleven Recitations," and "Blue Pill" -- all available on iTunes. Lanzillotto is the visionary who conceptualized the 146 Shirtwaist-Kites in the sky for the Centennial Memorial of the Triangle Factory Fire, in NYC, which became a widespread community art project in NYC. She is a poet, griot, cantastoria, performance artist, ritual instigator, songwriter. Her first solo show, Confessions of a Bronx Tomboy: My Throwing Arm: This Useless Expertise, was staged at the Manhattan Class Company’s “New Works Festival,” Under One Roof’s “Women 9 to 90” Festival in 1993. Lanzillotto's signature performance is "Icewoman", where she spins and hacks a 200 pound block of ice in her homage to her Barese father and grandfathers who delivered ice in the Bronx. Videos of her performances can be seen on YouTube, and www.annielanzillotto.com

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