Elena passarello biography
Elena Passarello
American writer, actor, and professor
Elena Passarello is an American writer, actor, and professor. In , she became the announcer for the PRI variety show and podcast Live Wire with Luke Burbank.
Career
Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, Passarello studied nonfiction at the University of Pittsburgh and The Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Her essays have been published in The New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, Audubon and Oxford American. She is the recipient of a Whiting Award in nonfiction.[1]
Her first essay collection, Let Me Clear My Throat, was published by Sarabande in and received the gold medal for nonfiction at the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Passarello's second collection, Animals Strike Curious Poses (Sarabande ), is a bestiary of famous animals. The book received favorable reviews from The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and The Guardian.[2] It Elena passarello biography wife.