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  <name><![CDATA[Eric Paul Shaffer]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Eric Paul Shaffer is the author of five books of poetry: &lt;i&gt;Lāhaina Noon: Nā Mele O Maui&lt;/i&gt; (2005); &lt;i&gt;Living at the Monastery, Working in the Kitchen&lt;/i&gt; (2001); &lt;i&gt;Portable Planet&lt;/i&gt; (2000); &lt;i&gt;RattleSnake Rider&lt;/i&gt; (1990); and &lt;i&gt;Kindling: Poems from Two Poets&lt;/i&gt; (1988; with James Taylor III).

Three chapbooks of his poetry have been published: &lt;i&gt;Restoring Lady Liberty&lt;/i&gt; (Obscure Publications, 2009), &lt;i&gt;Road Sign Suite: Across America and Again&lt;/i&gt; (Obscure Publications, 2007), and &lt;i&gt;Instant Mythology&lt;/i&gt; (Backer Editions, 1999).

His poems appear in &lt;i&gt;Slate&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;North American Review&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Rattle&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Threepenny Review&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Poetry Ireland Review&lt;/i&gt;, Australia’s &lt;i&gt;Going Down Swinging&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Island&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Quadrant&lt;/i&gt;, Canada’s &lt;i&gt;Dalhousie Review&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Event&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Grain&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;PRISM International&lt;/i&gt;, New Zealand’s &lt;i&gt;Takahe&lt;/i&gt;, England’s &lt;i&gt;Iota&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Stand Magazine&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Magma&lt;/i&gt;, and Salt Publishing’s anthology &lt;i&gt;100 Poets Against the War&lt;/i&gt;.

Two chapbooks of his fiction have been published: &lt;i&gt;The Felony Stick&lt;/i&gt; (Leaping Dog Press, 2006) and &lt;i&gt;You Are Here&lt;/i&gt; (Obscure Publications, 2004).

His first novel &lt;i&gt;Burn &amp; Learn, or Memoirs of the Cenozoic Era&lt;/i&gt; will be published by Leaping Dog Press in 2009.  There will be, is, or was a Goodreads giveaway for five copies. Check the &quot;Giveaways&quot; on the Goodreads site.

He received the 2002 Elliot Cades Award for Literature, an endowed literary prize given yearly to an established local writer in Hawai‘i, and a 2006 Ka Palapala Po‘okela Book Award for &lt;i&gt;Lāhaina Noon&lt;/i&gt;.

 “Officer, I Saw the Whole Thing,” a poem included in &lt;i&gt;Lāhaina Noon&lt;/i&gt;, received a “Special Mention” in the &lt;i&gt;Pushcart Prize Anthology XXXI&lt;/i&gt; (2007).

Long ago, he was a co-editor of &lt;i&gt;Conceptions Southwest&lt;/i&gt; and a book reviewer and poetry co-editor for &lt;i&gt;Stick: Contemporary Poetry and Timeless Cuisine&lt;/i&gt;.  In more recent days, he reviewed for &lt;i&gt;Fish Drum&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Mad Blood&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Maui Time Weekly&lt;/i&gt;, and was a contributing editor for The 365 Project.  Currently, he reviews for &lt;i&gt;Chiron Review&lt;/i&gt;.

He was raised, educated, and annealed in Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, New Mexico, California, and all parts Pacific, including Okinawa, Japan, Indonesia (Java and Bali), and Hawai‘i (Maui and O‘ahu).  He lives in Honolulu with his wonderful wife and two goofy feline sisters that he renames monthly.  He teaches at Honolulu Community College.
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  <title><![CDATA[Portable Planet]]></title>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Living at the Monastery, Working in the Kitchen: Poems (Leaping Dog Press Book)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Eric Paul Shaffer]]></name>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[RattleSnake Rider]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Eric Paul Shaffer]]></name>
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  <published>1990</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Lahaina Noon: Na Mele O Maui: Poems]]></title>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Burn &amp; Learn, Memoirs of the Cenozoic Era: A Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Eric Paul Shaffer]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kindling: Poems from Two Poets]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Eric Paul Shaffer]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[James Taylor]]></name>
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  <published>1988</published>  
  
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