Speaking in Italics Poetry Event

Join us Sunday March 8, 2026 at 6:00pm for a poetry reading and discussion of Speaking in Italics with author/poet Gregg Shapiro. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR/POET

Gregg Shapiro is the author of 10 books including Speaking in Italics (Souvenir Spoon Books, 2026). Recent/forthcoming lit-mag publications include Pleiades, Bronze Bird Review, Oatleaf Poetry Magazine, Gargoyle, and BarBar, and anthologies White Winged Doves: A Stevie Nicks Poetry Anthology, America's Future: Poetry & Prose in Response To Tomorrow, and Visiting Joni: Poems and Short Prose Inspired by the Life and Work of Joni Mitchell. An entertainment journalist, whose interviews and reviews run in a variety of regional LGBTQ+ and mainstream publications and websites, as well as an anchor on Queer News Tonight, Shapiro lives in South Florida with his husband Rick, and their dog Coco.