Dentist
Alan Shapiro
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Spare me the judgment seat,
the immaculate apron
with its little chains.
 About Alan Shapiro  Alan Shapiro is the author of eight books of poetry including Tantalus in Love (Houghton Mifflin, 2005). He has received the Kingsley Tufts Award and the Los Angeles Times prize for poetry, among other honors. His collection of essays, The Last Happy Occasion (Chicago, 1996), was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He teaches at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Also By This Author |
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