Natalie Shapero is the author, most recently, of the poetry collection Popular Longing. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The London Review of Books, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Los Angeles and teaches writing at UC Irvine.
Poetry
Straight Sets
ok I never went to Paris but that’sok I said I’ll have Paris heredeejay play Romantic Accordion Musicdeejay play whatever starts with a breathy UNE DEUX TROISa lime falls off […]
Poetry
Nov/Dec 2020
Five by Seven
When people have photographs of themselves displayed in their own homes, I always assume they have died and it is their ghosts who invited me over, their ghosts with whom […]
Sept/Oct 2019
Speak Low
Lowness as a state of emotion. Lowness as a quality of sound. Lowness as a status. Lowness as a literal geographical feature. Initially, I was interested in compiling a set […]
Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize
Nov/Dec 2018
Young Poets Introduction
Editor at Large2018 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers, now in its fifteenth year, recognizes an outstanding single poem by […]
Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize
Nov/Dec 2017
Young Poets Introduction
2017 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers, now in its fourteenth year, recognizes an outstanding single poem by a high […]
Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize
Nov/Dec 2016
Young Poets Introduction
Editor at Large 2016 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers, now in its thirteenth year, recognizes an outstanding single poem by […]
Book Reviews
Nov/Dec 2015
“Tell Me Why I Shouldn’t Kill You”: On Jehanne Dubrow’s “The Arranged Marriage”
The Arranged Marriage, Jehanne Dubrow. University of New Mexico Press, 2015. 72 pp. $18.95, paperback. The title of Jehanne Dubrow’s new book, The Arranged Marriage, is suggestive of the Old […]
Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize
Sept/Oct 2015
Young Poets Introduction
2015 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers, now in its twelfth year, recognizes an outstanding single poem by a high school […]
Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize
Fall 2013
Young Poets Introduction
2013 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers, now in its tenth year, recognizes an outstanding single poem by a high school […]
Poetry
Spring 2007
Pastoral
Above the Deaf School, oddly opportune: this whittled city's whalebone-sliver moon. Someone has teased imported shrubbery into Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the le de la Grande Jatte. The island […]
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Mark Strand
Mark Strand, a poet of tremendous intellect and insight, passed away at the age of 80 this past weekend. We remember him for his intensely affecting meditations on selfhood and […]