Maria Grazia Calandrone is an Italian poet, educator and radio presenter from Rome. She has published nine collections of her poems, the latest being "Morally Sound" (2017), as well as two books of prose. Her poems also appeared in New Italian Poets 6 and Poets of the Year anthologies. She was the recipient of the Giuseppe Pisano Poetry Award (2013). Her work is available in English translation for the first time.