Polyphony H.S. Staff

Billy Lombardo: Co-Founder and Artistic Director. Billy has been a high school teacher for 25 years. He is the author of The Logic of a Rose: Chicago Stories, a Chicago Tribune Best Fiction of 2005 selection, How to Hold a Woman, a novel in stories, and  The Man with Two Arms. He has published his works in Cicada, Other Voices, StoryQuarterly, Bryant Literary Review, TriQuarterly, River Oak Review, and Elysian Fields Quarterly. He writes regularly for the Forest Park Post. Billy teaches English Literature and Creative Writing at The Latin School of Chicago. You may contact Billy directly at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Elizabeth Keegan: Executive Director. Beth grew up in Seattle. Her formal education includes a B.A. in Chinese History (Grinnell College) and an M.A. in Chinese Literature and History (Yale University). She lived in China for several years, most notably as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow interviewing Chinese writers and poets about their societal role in the post-Mao period. Later Beth earned an M.B.A. (University of Illinois) but after working as a business consultant in China, she found her true love in secondary school education. She taught both Mandarin and Chinese History for nearly 15 years at independent schools in the Chicago area. Beth loves to cycle and to travel to the far ends of the earth in search of ancient wisdom. You may contact Beth directly at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Tamara Fraser: Layout Design.