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SUMMARY:Celebration of Annie Lanzillotto's Schistsong
DESCRIPTION:Book blast party & reading for Annie Lanzillotto‘s book of poems\, Schistsong with introduction by Rosette Imperato. Come toast the book. \nAnnie is joined by special guests: Emily Kunkel\, Rose Imperato on Sax. \nMembers of Annie’s class\, LITERARY OUTLAWS FOR LIBERATION\, will also read. \nALL WELCOME\nBRING YOUR FRIENDS\nWE WILL SING AND DANCE \nL IS FOR LION\nand\nSCHISTONG\nwill be available \n  \n  \nSCHISTSONG \nby Annie Rachele Lanzillotto \nAn urban songline of New York. From the author\nof the memoir L is for Lion\, comes a panegyric of\nthe geology of Manhattan. ese poems glitter.\nManhattan schist is rendered as a template for the\nskyline and characters of New York. Grit and stardust\ncollide in this debut collection of poetry and song.\ne book begins with the bright re ective quality of\nMica and ends with the gentri ed vision of the city\nwhere “New York is nine millions doors\, and you have\nnot one key.” In between are stories of urban icons:\niceman\, sh peddler\, heart butcher\, meter maid\, San\nGennaro\, the magic of grandmothers’ hands\, the\nvision of the oldest living tree in the city\, immigrants\nwho fell out windows and died in explosions\, Italian\nphrases that link the essence of the sun to a rose to a\nheart\, crushed tomatoes\, sunsets\, supermarkets\, the\nglory of hot tar\, the lessons of marines and lesbians.\nYou will learn history and geology\, Italian American\nheroes\, and spiritual imperatives\, through the syllables\nof this one poet’s soul. \n  \n“Stunning in its originality\, Annie Lanzillotto’s poetic voice is musical\, energetic\, wise\, and compassionate. In Schistsong\, Annie Lanzillotto creates a rhythmic love letter to New York with vivid\, evocative poems that showcase unforgettable people\, while encompassing history\, science\, geography\, medicine\, and geology.” \n— MARIA FAMÀ\, Author of Mystics in the Family\, and Looking For Cover \n  \n“Schistsong\, Annie Lanzillotto’s astounding collection of poems is big and dense and speaks in a New York accent forged in the bedrock that predates the history of this great city\, the metamorphic rock that is older than New York\, older than Italy\, many millions of years old. ‘Find your inner schist\,’ your bedrock\, this poet urges. Sprinkled with liberal handfuls of shiny mica\, these poems are meant to kick and stomp and make sure you know they’re here. They come direct from the ‘heel of the boot’ as it was planted in the Bronx\, New York.” \n— ROSETTE CAPOTORTO\, Author of Popbeads\, and Bronx Italian \n  \n“A cacophony of bold urban verse\, where we hear the barking fish vendors and shaky war veterans\, the bitter iceworkers and lustful dykes looming on the docks. Lanzillotto’s witty slang cuts over the traffic\, it whistles\, sings; this is her testimony of a place and time where L’America beckons out immigrant Bronx soul windows\, where words and rhythms are constructed of that glittering truth that makes the concrete mountains of Manhattan possible –schistpoetry!” \n–TIM Z. HERNANDEZ\, American Book Award winning poet and novelist\, Author of Natural Takeover of Small Things \n  \n“Lanzillotto’s words’ skin can be tough as the leather used by immigrant shoemakers\, and ring metallically as her father’s iceman tongs. At the core of it all is the tenderness of ripe\, fresh crushed tomatoes. A seasoned performer as well as poet\, Lanzillotto’s poetry appeals to the ear as well as the eye\, intellect\, and heart. These poems\, all 15\,164 words of them\, are without a doubt among the finest I’ve ever read from any literary era.” \n–ROSEMARY PETRACCA CAPPELLO\, Poet\, Writer\, and Editor of Philadelphia Poets \n  \n 
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LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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