Vincent Zangrillo

Vincent (Vinny Chenz) Zangrillo was born in Ozone Park, Queens in 1955. As a child, from his bedroom, he could watch the backstretch at Aqueduct Race Track. He graduated from SUNY Albany with a degree in English Literature in 1977. Subsequently he did graduate work at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado studying under the tutelage of William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Philip Whalen Vincent went on to receive Summa cum laud recognition after graduating from Alphabet City College in 1981.