Natalie Shapero lives in Los Angeles and teaches writing at UC Irvine. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, London Review of Books, The Paris Review, The Nation, and elsewhere. She is the author of the poetry collections Popular Longing (2021), Hard Child (2017) and No Object (2013). Stay Dead (Out-Spoken Press) is also longlisted for the National Book Award 2025 in the USA. Author photo © Sarah Aintelope
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We’re delighted to announce the T. S. Eliot Prize 2025 Shortlist, which offers ‘something for everyone’ in collections of ‘great range, suggestiveness and power’. Judges Michael Hofmann (Chair), Patience Agbabi and Niall Campbell chose the Shortlist from 177 poetry collections submitted by 64 British and Irish publishers. The diverse list...
