Pop-culture journalist Gregg Shapiro's interviews and reviews run in a variety of regional LGBT publications and websites. His poetry and fiction have appeared in numerous outlets including Blithe House Quarterly, Beltway, modern words, Bloom, and the anthologies Sex & Chocolate: Tasty Morsels for Mind and Body (Paycock Press) and Poetic Voices Without Borders (Gival Press). He lives in Chicago with his life-partner Rick Karlin and their dogs, Dusty and k.d.