Cultural Writing. Biography and Memoir. Poetry. FOUR SUBLETS is the story of a woman in love with poetry, the poetic life, and the things she did for love. Shapiro moved to New York City in her middle years, rebelling against her expected role of wife and mother in Chatanooga to create the life of a poet. Maureen Murdock says of FOUR SUBLETS, "The beauty of Shapiro's language and the depth of her wisdom inspire each one of us to find a room of our own. Give this courageous memoir to any woman you know who longs to make a creative life." Shapiro's poems have appeared in many literary journals including: The Ohio Review, River Styx, Pearl, Ploughshares, The Poetry Miscellany, Southern Indiana Review as well as several anthologies. She is also the author of I'll See You Thursday, a collection of poetry.

Myra Shapiro teaches poetry workshops for the International Women's Writing Guild and serves on the Board of Directors of Poets House, a library and meeting place for poets. Her book of poems, "I'll See You Thursday," was published in 1996 by Blue Sofa Press.