Tag: The Skinned Bird
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Chelsea Biondolillo’s essay collection The Skinned Bird, reviewed by Christen Kauffman
Song birds, or oscine Passeriformes, with fixed song repertoires learn to sing in four steps. The steps are studied, in part, because, many linguists believe that these same four steps describe human acquisition. In this essay collection collaged with photographs, migration lists, and ornithological instruction, Chelsea Biondolillo uses experimental form and scientific observation to dig…