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Liana
Cusmano
spoken word, prose, poetry, screenplay
Born and raised in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke, Liana Cusmano (they/them) is a writer, filmmaker, spoken word artist and arts educator who works in English, French and Italian. A graduate of McGill University, Liana is the 2018 and 2019 Montreal Slam Champion, runner up in the 2019 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championship, and a participant in the 2019 Spoken Word Residency Program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Liana Cusmano wrote and directed the film Matters of Great Unimportance. They also wrote the film script for La Femme Finale, screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Liana is editor-at-large at Accenti Magazine.
Watch “A Poem About My Grandmother” https://www.facebook.com/102800077774697/videos/535066193914497
Watch “A Poem About My Grandmother” https://www.facebook.com/102800077774697/videos/535066193914497
Facebook: BiCurious George Instagram: @l_cantoncusmano
2019 “The Two of Them,” “She,” “You,” “Sometimes” in The Peacock Journal.
2018 “Superhero Pill” in The Radiance of the Short Story. Eds. Maurice A. Lee and Aaron Penn. Lisbon: Centro de Estudos Anglisticos da Universidade de Lisboa.
2018 A Poem About Us,” “wild, angsty, frivolous nudist,” and “Ribcage” in People, Places, Passages. Eds. De Gasperi, De Santis, Di Giovanni.
2016 “Matters of Great Unimportance” (short story) in Influence and Confluence, East and West: A Global Anthology of the Short Story. Ed. Maurice A. Lee. Shanghai: East China Normal University Press.
2016 “Mary Melfi: A Writer for All Ages” in Italian Canadiana, 30, Exploring Voice. Eds. Venera Fazio and Delia De Santis.
2016 “Spectacle, Capitalism and Modernity: The Deterioration of the Individual in Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and in Pasolini’s Teorema” in Slate: Journal of Moving Images, 2. Eds. David Leblanc and Ren Demers. McGill University.
2018 “Superhero Pill” in The Radiance of the Short Story. Eds. Maurice A. Lee and Aaron Penn. Lisbon: Centro de Estudos Anglisticos da Universidade de Lisboa.
2018 A Poem About Us,” “wild, angsty, frivolous nudist,” and “Ribcage” in People, Places, Passages. Eds. De Gasperi, De Santis, Di Giovanni.
2016 “Matters of Great Unimportance” (short story) in Influence and Confluence, East and West: A Global Anthology of the Short Story. Ed. Maurice A. Lee. Shanghai: East China Normal University Press.
2016 “Mary Melfi: A Writer for All Ages” in Italian Canadiana, 30, Exploring Voice. Eds. Venera Fazio and Delia De Santis.
2016 “Spectacle, Capitalism and Modernity: The Deterioration of the Individual in Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and in Pasolini’s Teorema” in Slate: Journal of Moving Images, 2. Eds. David Leblanc and Ren Demers. McGill University.
2019 Spoken Word Artist’s Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB
2019 Throw Poetry Collective Grand Slam Champion, Montreal, QC
2019 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Runner-Up, Vancouver, BC
2018 Throw Poetry Collective Grand Slam Champion, Montreal, QC
2018 “Matters of Great Unimportance,” Honourable Mention, Canadian and International Short Film Festival
2016 “La femme finale,” Screening at the Cannes Film Festival