Hard Child

Shapero writes in an urgent vernacular that flirts, stings, implores and demands with apparent abandon.” Houston Chronicle Shapero’s poetics has real-world import for the way we use language to talk about messy things.” Volta Thought-provoking and sardonically expressive, Shapero is a self-proclaimed hard child”unafraid of directly addressing bleakness as she continually asks what it means to be human and to bring new life into the world. Hard Child is musical and argumentative, deadly serious y