RYAN DI FRANCESCO - 1

Ryan Di Francesco (he/him) is a Canadian writer, teacher, and co-founder of Shadow and Sax. His journalism has been published in The Toronto Star, and his poetry and fiction have appeared or are forthcoming in Acta Victoriana, Pacific Review, Soliloquies Anthology, Pinhole Poetry, MIDLVLMAG, and elsewhere.

His chapbooks include Mirage of Burning Things (Parlyaree Press), Skeleton Mine Disaster (Bottlecap Press), and The Paper Hound and Canadian Classic (Alien Buddha Press). His Jack Spicer–inspired collection Along Tongues Full of Time is forthcoming with Ethel Zine & Micro Press, and his full-length poetry collection Let the Dogs Have It is forthcoming with Parlyaree Press. He was shortlisted for the Rhonda Gail Williford Poetry Prize.