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1. www.poetryfoundation.org › poets › alan-r-shapiroAlan R. Shapiro | The Poetry Foundation

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   He has published over ten books of poetry, most recently Life Pig;(2016); Reel to Reel (2014), a finalist for the Pulizer Prize; 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.

2. www.goodreads.com › author › listBooks by Alan Shapiro (Author of Night of the Republic)

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   Alan Shapiro has 80 books on Goodreads with 22147 ratings. Alan Shapiro’s most popular book is Night of the Republic.

3. press.uchicago.edu › ucp › booksThe Last Happy Occasion, Shapiro - The University of Chicago ...

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   The Last Happy Occasion is the coming-of-age story of an American Jew and aspiring writer in the sixties and seventies. In this memoir in six movements, Alan Shapiro recalls how poetry helped him make sense of his own and other people’s lives.

4. shepherd.com › book › by-and-byWhy read By and By? - Shepherd

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   Interested in poets, suicide, and philosophy? Discover why By and By by Alan Shapiro is such a great book to read.

5. www.literarymatters.org › author › alan-shapiroAlan Shapiro - Literary Matters

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   Alan Shapiro has published many poetry collections (including Reel to Reel, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and Night of the Republic, finalist for both the National Book Award and the International Griffin Prize), 4 books of prose, including The Last Happy Occasion, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

6. books.google.com › books › aboutHappy Hour - Alan Shapiro - Google Books

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   They may seem more like versified short stories than poems, but their skill and force are moving."—J. D. McClatchy, New York Times Book Review "Happy Hour is one of the best collections I have...

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   Who is Alan Shapiro?

   • Alan Shapiro has won the Kingsley Tufts Award, the Los Angeles Book Prize, and a Lila Wallace–Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award. During Bill Clinton’s presidency, Shapiro was invited to read his work at the White House. He read “On Men Weeping,” a poem about Michael Jordan winning one of his six NBA championships.

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   Did Shapiro read a poem about Michael Jordan?

   • During Bill Clinton’s presidency, Shapiro was invited to read his work at the White House. He read “On Men Weeping,” a poem about Michael Jordan winning one of his six NBA championships. Shapiro has taught at Stanford University, Northwestern University, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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   What happened to Shapiro's siblings?

   • Shapiro’s later collections address the loss of his two siblings to cancer, the aging of his parents, and the strains on a marriage.

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8. press.uchicago.edu › ucp › booksProceed to Check Out, Shapiro - The University of Chicago Press

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   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.