Rochelle Jewel Shapiro's poetry, short stories, and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in publications such as Mudfish, Westview, The Iowa Review, The Doctor TJ Eckleberg Review, Stone Path Review, and the Santa Fe Literary Review. Her novel, Miriam The Medium (Simon & Schuster, 2004), was nominated for the Harold U. Ribelow Award, and her poetry has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. She currently teaches writing at UCLA Extension.

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