Alan Shapiro

Biography

Alan Shapiro published two books in January 2012: Broadway Baby, a novel, from Algonquin Books, and Night of the Republic, poetry, from Houghton Mifflin/Harcourt. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

See Work

POETRY / Spring 2012

Gravity

By Alan Shapiro
POETRY / Spring 2012

In Winter

By Alan Shapiro
Winter 2007

Poet

By Alan Shapiro
Winter 2007

Dentist

By Alan Shapiro
Winter 2007

Family Man

By Alan Shapiro
Winter 2007

Country Western Singer

By Alan Shapiro
ESSAYS / Fall 2006

My Tears See More Than My Eyes: My Son’s Depression and the Power of Art

By Alan Shapiro

We parents signed in and entered the waiting area of the boys’ ward that doubled as a family room during visiting hours. We migrated to the far corners of the room, as far away as possible from one another, as if afraid of contagion. Maybe...

POETRY / Fall 2004

Super Bowl Party

By Alan Shapiro

Under the streetlamp
cars glistened end
to end clogging the cul
de sac and driveway

POETRY / Winter 2004

Questions for the Soul

By Alan Shapiro

Where will you go,
little vagabond,
anonymous familiar,

POETRY / Winter 2004

The Conversation

By Alan Shapiro