Lanya Col.son is part of the group at the park commune. She goes there every few days. Lanya is twenty-three years old and attended Sarah Lawrence and had a scholarship to the Art Students' League in New York. She has a relationship with Kidd which evolves into a threesome with Denny. She begins a school for children in Bellona after she moves in with Madame Brown. At the end of the book, she is separated from Kidd during the riots.