Desi Di Nardo holds a degree from the University of Toronto in English and Italian literature and language. Aside from her passion for writing, Desi is deeply devoted to the rights and welfare of animals and is a member of PETA and SPCA. She is also a member of PEN Canada and the League of Canadian Poets. In her leisure, Desi devotes her time to running and painting. Her favourite writers are Gwendolyn MacEwen and Alice Munro.

Desi Di Nardo
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Desi Di Nardo is a poet and writer in Toronto. Her work has been published in numerous North American and international journals and anthologies including the Literary Review of Canada, Descant, Globe and Mail, Grain, and Rampike. Desi's poetry has been performed at the National Arts Centre, featured in Poetry on the Way on the Toronto Transit Commission, selected by Canada’s Parliamentary Poet Laureate, translated into foreign languages, presented in schools across Canada, and displayed in the Official Residences of Canada. Desi also previously worked as an English professor.

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