Rochelle Jewel ShapiroRochelle Jewel Shapiro's novel, Miriam the Medium (Simon & Schuster, 2005), was nominated for the Harold U. Ribelow Award. She's published essays in NYT (Lives) and Newsweek. Her poetry, short stories, and essays have appeaed or are forthcoming in many literary magazines such as Los Angeles Review, The Moth, Negative Capability, Rio Grande Review, and Passager. Her poetry has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize, and won the Branden Memorial Literary Award from Negative Capability. Spry Magazine nominated her poem for the Best of the Net. She currently teaches writing at UCLA Extension. Read More Read Less