Marian Kaplun Shapiro

Born in The Bronx, Marian Kaplun Shapiro received her B.A. in English from Queens College, and her Masters and Doctorate from Harvard. She lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, where she practices as a psychologist and poet. She is a wife, mother, grandmother, and a Jewish Quaker. In addition to her poetry, which has appeared in various literary magazines, she is the author of a book, Second Childhood (Norton, 1989), as well as chapters in other professional books. She has won five first prizes, including first prize for Never Again, Vedran Smailovich from languageandculture.net. Two other first prize winners, Flat Earth and Calling, appear in this chapbook collection.