Gregg Shapiro (Chicago, Illinois) has had poems appear in numerous anthologies, including Best Gay Poetry 2008 and Poetic Voices Without Borders 2 - and in publications such as BAC Street Journal. He has work forthcoming in Court Green and Ganymede. Shapiro's book, "Protection" (2008, Gival Press), was recently featured in the First Books issue of Beltway Poetry Quarterly.