Gregg Shapiro: Poet, Writer, Journalist, Activist

Photo by www.feastoffools.net Pop-culture journalist Gregg Shapiro’s interviews and reviews run in a variety of regional LGBT publications and websites. His poetry and fiction have appeared in numerous outlets including literary journals such as Beltway, modern words, Bloom, White Crane Journal, Blithe House Quarterly, Mipoesias, and the anthologies Sex & Chocolate: Tasty Morsels for Mind and Body (Paycock Press), Queer Quarterly 2007 ( and Poetic Voices Without Borders 2 (Gival), Blood to Remember. His collection of poems, Protection, will be published in January 2008 by Gival Press. He lives in Chicago with his life-partner Rick and their dogs, Dusty and k.d.