Shapiro wrote the first monograph on John Ashbery, the first book on Jim Dine’s paintings, the first book on Piet Mondrian’s flower studies, and the first book on Jasper Johns’ drawings. He has translated Rafael Alberti’s poems on Pablo Picasso, and the writings of the Sonia and Robert Delaunay.
List of works
- January: A Book of Poems—Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965
- Poems From Deal—E P Dutton, 1969
- An Anthology of New York Poets (co-editor)—Random House, 1970
- A Man Holding an Acoustic Panel—E P Dutton, 1971 (National Book Award Nominee)
- The Page Turner—Liveright, 1973
- Lateness: A Book of Poems—Overlook/Viking, 1977
- Introduction to John Ashbery’s Poetry—Columbia University Press, 1979
- The Writings of Sonia and Robert Delaunay (co-translator)—Viking, 1979
- Jim Dine—Abrams, 1981; Alecta Press (German edition and translation)
- Lateness (Watercolors by Lucio Pozzi)—Generations Press, Paris, 1981
- To An Idea—Overlook/Viking, 1984
- Jasper Johns—Abrams, 1984
- House (Blown Apart): A Book of Poems—Overlook/Viking, 1988
- Mondrian: Flowers—Abrams, 1991
- The Selected Poems of Jacques Dupin (co-translator)—Wake Forest, 1992
- The Eight Names of Picasso (co-translator)—Gas Station Editions, 1992
- After A Lost Original (etching by Terry Winters)—Solo Press, 1992
- The Green Lake is Awake: The Selected Poems of Joseph Ceravolo (co-editor)—CoffeeHouse Press, 1994
- After A Lost Original—Overlook Press, 1994
- Body of Prayer (Shapiro, Govrin, Derrida)—Cooper Union Press, 1998
- A Burning Interior—Overlook Press, 2002
- Rabbit Duck (Collaborative with Richard Hell) — Repair, 2005
- New and Selected Poems (1965—2006)—Overlook Press, 2007