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Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Alan Shapiro was educated at Brandeis University. As 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 Life Pig ; (2016); Reel ...
By Alan R. Shapiro. The oldest sister, her two hands on the table, about to push herself up, stares with grim. determination at the affronting dishes, waiting, it seems, until the middle sister. finishes her story, so she can clear them away. Her gaze so tense with purpose she can almost.
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Índice. 1. "For My Husband" by Lisa Suhair Majaj. 2. "After Your Death" by Natasha Trethewey. 3. "In Blackwater Woods" by Mary Oliver. 1. "For My Husband" by Lisa Suhair Majaj. For my husband: When you died. I lost the music. of the sea, which had been my song. since we first shared. the rhythm. of our breaths, the harmony of our. laughter.
Dec 19, 2006 · Song and Dance (2002) portrays his brother’s death from brain cancer; Tantalus in Love (2005) responds to Shapiro’s divorce. Using a technique more familiar to prose nonfiction, Shapiro’s poems about his brother and sister use their given names.
Against Translation. By Alan R. Shapiro. The songs swept down from the northern steppes. with cinerary horse. and sword and vestment. in the wake of battle. suicidal for a bronze. translation of flesh burnt. to a vertical vapor trail.
KPS is especially grateful to Alan Shapiro, for his work and for the donation of his time to benefit the series. Prior to the reading, he will lead workshops in the community. This interview was conducted via email by KPS interviewer, Ann van Buren. Ann van Buren: KPS is thrilled to have you back, Alan. By all accounts, your last appearance for ...
Award-winning poet Alan Shapiro offers a new collection of poems reflecting on mortality and finitude. Alan Shapiro’s fourteenth collection of poetry, Proceed to Check Out, is a kind of summing up, or stock-taking, by an aging poet, of his precarious place in a world dominated by the ever-accelerating pace of technological innovation, political disruption, personal loss, and racial strife ...
