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Name

Annie

Middle Name

Rachele

Surname

Lanzillotto

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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 of the albums: "Swampjuice: Yankee With a Southern Peasant Soul," "Carry My Coffee," and "Blue Pill" -- available on Bandcamp.com, iTunes, and web-wide. Author/Narrator of the audiobooks "L is for Lion" and "Schistsong" on Audible.com. Filmmaker of the shorts: "Nailpolish Madonna" produced by CityLore 2014, and "Eggs & Bells" 1997. Lanzillotto 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 by the Remember The Triangle Fire Coalition. 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,” and Under One Roof’s “Women 9 to 90” Festival in NYC, 1993. Lanzillotto's signature performance is "Icewoman" where she spins and hacks a 200 pound block of ice in homage to her Barese father and grandfathers who delivered ice in the Bronx. Videos of her performances can be seen on YouTube, vimeo and www.annielanzillotto.com

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