11.13.05: BILLY LOMBARDO

Billy Lombardo began writing as a poet in the Chicago slam poetry scene. His fiction has appeared in such publications as StoryQuarterly, Other Voices, Cicada, and the Bryant Literary Review. He teaches fiction and directs the Service Learning Program at The Latin School of Chicago, where he is the co-founder and faculty sponsor of Polyphony H.S., a new national literary magazine for high school writers. A graduate of Loyola University, and a life-long resident of the Chicago area, Billy now lives in Forest Park with his wife, Elisa, a singer/songwriter, and his sons Seth and Kane.

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