Alan Shapiro will read from his debut novel Broadway Baby which follows aspiring entertainer Miriam Bluestein (who continues to look at the world as if it were, indeed, all a stage). A story of her obsessive love and self-deception, this novel follows Miriam on and off Broadway. Shapiro captures her struggles with marriage, the war, and motherhood while chasing her dream of stardom. Shapiro has published ten books of poetry, most recently, Old War and has been the winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award and an LA Times Book Award in poetry. He teaches at UNC.