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.

Shapiro’s poem “There It Is” previously appeared in Volume 1 Issue 0 of Apparatus Magazine.