L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir (SUNY series in Italian/American Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (841 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1438445261 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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"L is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir" according to Lori (Starace) Beresford. I absolutely loved this book! I dare anyone to read it and not be entertained. Annie shares her life story in a colorful and candid way that will, no doubt, leave you inspired. Against all odds, Annie did not give in to adversity, illness, stereotypes, or rejection. Annie fought those demons and went on to get an Ivy League education, survive cancer, learn to fly, travel to Italy to immerse herself in her heritage, study in Cairo, perform at the Guggenheim Museum with her 96 year old grandmothe. Sonja M. Lewczyk said Record of beauties and tribulations of American society. This is the biography of a young woman, granddaughter of Italian immigrants, who struggled with her identity as an American and her sexual orientation. From Catholic high school in the Bronx she went to Brown University where she graduated with honors in medical anthropology. While at Brown she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease and treated at Memorial Hospital in New York with radiation, chemotherapy, and two major surgical operations. She visited Egypt to study schistomiasis and discovered . Truthful, daring and hysterical!! Tina Bellino I was unable to put this book down once I started reading it. L is for Lion ignited memories from when I was a child growing up with my Italian grandparents. It brought tears to my eyes at times, remembering my grandmother's unique ways and humble means. I laughed out loud recalling locked away thoughts of grammar and high school evoked by Ms. Lanzillotto's adept wit. I've been recommending it to all my avid reader friends as it will entertain and amuse all who submerge themselves into this wel
Annie Rachele Lanzillotto is a poet and performance artist living in New York. She teaches master classes in solo performance for the Acting Apprentice Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville. She is the author of a book of poetry, Schistsong.
From the stoops of the Bronx to cross-dressing on the streets of Egypt, from the cancer ward at Memorial Sloan-Kettering to New York City’s gay club scene of the ’80s, this poignant and authentic story takes us from underneath the dining room table to the stoop, the sidewalk, the street, and, ultimately, out into the wide world of immigration, gay subculture, cancer treatment, mental illness, gender dynamics, drug addiction, domestic violence, and a vast array of Italian American characters. At eighteen, on the edge of a
As its subtitle implies, the book is a lesbian coming-of-age story, but like Whitman before her, Annie is vast; she contains multitudes. If you re looking for a memoir in high-definition surround sound, look no further. Margaux Fragoso, author of Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir Annie Lanzillotto, the bard of Bronx Italian butch, is an American original, a performance artist and cultural anthropologist whose work is unique in theme, sound, affect, and effect. Equal parts humor, guts, and grief, it s a disarming story of all that a person body, mind, and soul can undergo without going under, in which Bronxite is a new kind of rock. In an ambitious display of storytelling, Lanzillotto s charming collection of vignettes encompasses all of the