“This is the Meaning of my Life”: On Bare Ana and Other Stories by Robert Shapard
Reviewed by Erin Vachon In the title story to Robert Shapard’s first full-length collection, Bare Ana and Other Stories (Regal House 2024), two expectant parents visit a tattoo studio above Honolulu Harbor to get a prenatal tattoo, “a priceless gift” for their unborn child. “It’s your identity at birth; it says your parents care.” Through……