Kate Schapira is the author of HOW WE SAVED THE CITY (Stockport Flats, 2012), THE BOUNTY: FOUR ADDRESSES (Noemi Press, 2011), TOWN (Factory School, 2010) and several chapbooks from Flying Guillotine Press, Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs, Cy Gist Press, Rope- A-Dope Press and horse less press. Another full-length collection, The Soft Place, is forthcoming in 2012 from Horse Less Press. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where she co- curates the Publicly Complex Reading Series and writes, teaches, and works as a Writer in the Schools.