Gregg Shapiro

Gregg Shapiro is the author of 10 books including Speaking in Italics (Souvenir Spoon Books, 2026). Recent/forthcoming lit-mag publications include Pleiades, Bronze Bird Review, Oatleaf Poetry Magazine, Gargoyle, and BarBar. His work is also included in the anthologies White Winged Doves: A Stevie Nicks Poetry Anthology (Madville Publishing, 2026), America’s Future: Poetry & Prose in Response to Tomorrow (Washington Writers’ Publishing House, 2025), and Visiting Joni: Poems and Short Prose Inspired by the Life and Work of Joni Mitchell. An entertainment journalist whose interviews and reviews run in a variety of regional LGBTQ+ outlets and an anchor on Queer News Tonight, Shapiro lives in South Florida with his husband Rick and their dog Coco.