Renée M. Sgroi (she/her) writes poetry and fiction. Her debut poetry collection, life print, in points was published in the UK in 2020 by erbacce-press, and her second collection, In a Tension of Leaves and Binding, is forthcoming with Guernica Editions in the fall of 2024. Renée is a past executive member of the Canadian Authors Association - Toronto Branch, and past president of the Brooklin (Ontario) Poetry Society, and is currently a contributing editor for Arc Poetry Magazine. Her poems have most recently appeared in such publications as Parentheses Journal, Literary Review of Canada, and Pinhole Poetry, with poems forthcoming in Funicular Magazine, Augur Magazine, and yolk literary journal.