Alan Shapiro author biography, plus links to books by Alan Shapiro.

Alan Shapiro

Alan Shapiro is the author of ten volumes of poetry and two memoirs, one of which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has received a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Lila Wallace–Reader's Digest Writer's Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, among other honors. He currently teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Visit him online at www.alanshapiro.org.

This biography was last updated on 01/24/2012.

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