Alan Shapiro

}} 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''. Provided by Wikipedia