Sonia Di Placido is a poet, playwright, actor, and artist taking long strides in the attempt to complete an MFA in Creative Writing with the Optional Residency Program, University of British Columbia. Her most recent poetry book,
Exaltation in Cadmium Red, was released by
Guernica Editions in Fall of 2012. She has published two chapbooks:
Vulva Magic (
Lyrical Myricle Press) and
Forest Primitive (Aeolus House Press). She has published poems, articles, profiles, and creative non-fiction in various anthologies, literary journals, and online or print magazines such as
The Toronto Quarterly’s blog and
Carousel Magazine. A graduate of the Ryerson Theatre School and a Humanities Hons. Major from York University. Sonia is a member of the
League of Canadian Poets and
Canadian Women in Literary Arts.