Alan Shapiro reads his poems at the 2014 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.

“Dressing Table”

“Heavy Snow”

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Alan Shapiro was educated at Brandeis University. The author of numerous collections of poetry, Shapiro has explored family, loss, domesticity, and the daily aspects of people’s lives in free verse and traditional poetic forms. He has published over ten books of poetry, most recently Reel to Reel (2014), Night of the Republic (2012), a finalist for the National Book Award and the Griffin Prize, and Old War (2008), winner of the Ambassador Book Award.