Steam Ticket just published my poem, BEHOLD. Read by clicking on BookScanCenter
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Paul Bowles interviewed me about my poetry
Wombwell Rainbow Interviews: Rochelle Jewel Shapiro
Aretha Franklin, Amazing Grace
What a glorious way to spend Easter with Aretha’s music raising my spirits and raising the spirits with her gospel singing. One of the most moving parts for me was when her father stepped up to mop her face and brow with his handkerchief as she sang. It was such a tender and intimate gesture, […]
My Review of Richard James Allen’s latest book of poetry, “the short story of you and I”
The short story of you and I by Richard James Allen, reviewed by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro
VILNA, now at the THEATER OF ST. CLEMENT’S
IRA FUCHS must have been called by the voices of the dead to write his impassioned play, Vilna. In 1974, after college graduation, he wrote a few plays. One was put on at the YWHA on Eighth Avenue, the other at Playwright Horizons. Then he left the theater to become a successful tech entrepreneur and […]