Desi Di Nardo has had many publications in Canadian and international journals and anthologies including the Literary Review of Canada, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, and Descant. Her work has been performed at the National Arts Centre, featured on Toronto's transit system, and displayed in the Official Residences of Canada. Desi's poetry has been translated into several languages, studied in schools across Canada, and printed on Starbucks cups. She has worked as a literacy facilitator, writer-in-residence, and English professor.

She is the author of The Plural of Some Things.
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Desi actively promotes poetry among students, youths, and adults within the community. She hosts numerous poetry workshops and readings throughout the year in schools, libraries, and other arts and community venues.

Desi holds a degree from the University of Toronto in English literature. Aside from her passion for writing, she is deeply devoted to the rights and welfare of animals and is a member of PETA and the SPCA. In her leisure she devotes her time to running and painting. Her favourite writers are Gwendolyn MacEwen and Alice Munro.