Natalie Shapero began studying poetry in college, going on to receive an M.F.A. from Ohio State, where she was awarded a Presidential Fellowship from the Graduate School for outstanding work on a terminal degree project. She then attended law school at the University of Chicago, after which she worked as the Steven Gey Fellow in the Legal Department of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Natalie's poems have appeared in magazines and literary journals including The Kenyon Review, The New Republic, Poetry, and The Progressive, and her full-length collection, No Object, will be published by Saturnalia Books in 2013.

Areas of Expertise

Poetry and Poetics, Legal Studies

Education

J.D., The University of Chicago Law School (2011)
M.F.A., Poetry, The Ohio State University (2008)
B.A., Writing Seminars, The Johns Hopkins University (2004)

Selected Publications

No Object (Saturnalia Books, 2013).

"Your Other Heart," Poetry, July/August 2012 (available online at www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/244200)
"You'd Better Run," The New Republic, March 15, 2012 (available online at www.tnr.com/article/poetry/magazine/100991/youd-better-run)
"Four Fights" and "Arranged Hours," The Offending Adam, October 2011 (available online at theoffendingadam.com/2011/10/17/four-fights-arranged-hours/)
"Orange on the Nail," The Believer, June 2011 (available online at http://believermag.com/issues/201106/?read=poem_shapero)

You can listen to Natalie on the Poetry Foundation's Poetry podcast here: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audioitem/3424.