About Alan Shapiro
Born 1952. Alan Shapiro is an American poet, university teacher, editor, scholar of English, literary theorist and producer.
Alan Richard Shapiro (born February 18, 1952, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American poet and professor of English and creative writing at the university of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Shapiro's poetry books include Tantalus in Love, Song and Dance, and Dead Alive and Busy. In addition to poetry, Shapiro has published two personal memoirs, Vigil and The Last Happy Occasion.
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Alan Shapiro was born on 18 February 1952 in Boston.
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