In 2025, ARTWIFE Magazine is teaming up with The Inner Loop to bring you interviews with DC-area authors! In March, April, and May, then again in September, October, and November, join us on the third Tuesday of the month to hear from recently-published novelists, memoirists, and poets in the DMV.

Today we meet Tamar Shapiro. Tamar Shapiro’s debut novel, Restitution, was published in September 2025 and named one of the 49 Must-Read Books of Fall 2025 by Town and Country Magazine. Her writing has also appeared in Poets and Writers, Electric Literature, and Literary Hub. A former housing attorney and non-profit leader, Shapiro is a 2026 MFA candidate at Randolph College in Virginia. She grew up in both the U.S. and Germany and now lives in Washington, DC. Find Tamar at www.tamarshapiro.com.

Buy Tamar's book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/restitution-tamar-shapiro/6a531c6f40eb28ee?ean=9781646036196&next=t&aid=89218&listref=the-artwife-book-club

Read Tamar's essay, starting on page 10, in The Writers’ Center Magazine: https://writer.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/TWC-Magazine_Fall2025_final_pages.pdf

The Inner Loop creates inclusive and accessible opportunities for our diverse network of both emerging and established writers to connect with each other, to connect to their community, and to transform the written word into a shared experience through the act of reading aloud. They put on monthly readings in Washington, DC, market writers who published with small- to medium-sized presses, host writing retreats and residencies, and provide other special programming throughout the year. Check out upcoming events at theinnerlooplit.org.

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