Daniel M. Shapiro is a special education teacher who lives in Pittsburgh. He is the author of several poetry collections and chapbooks, including (This Is Not A) Mixtape for the End of the World, How the Potato Chip Was Invented, Heavy Metal Fairy Tales, and The 44th-Worst Album Ever. His poems have appeared in Chiron Review, Ping•Pong, Gargoyle, RHINO, and Sentence.