Graduate Student
Hoyt Hall 317
BIO: Chelsea Biondolillo is a nonfiction writer originally from Oregon, where she received her BFA in photography from the Pacific NW College of Art in 1995. She has also lived in Maryland, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, and New Mexico, working a variety of jobs including technical writer, cigarette girl, environmental lobbyist, and grocery store clerk. Her nonfiction has appeared in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Sea Stories, The Rio Review, The Rumpus, and others. Her essay on starling communication: "A Linguistic Kazooistry" won runner up in Diagram's Hybrid Essay contest in 2011 and honorable mention in the University of New Orleans/Pinch magazine's 2010 annual competition. Her writing focuses on nature and science, and in her life she has held both a hummingbird and cheetah in her bare hands (though not at the same time).
