by Michael Shapiro | Aug 2, 2011 | Literature
I’ve just heard there’s still time to sign up for the 20th annual Book Passage Travel & Food Writing & Photography Conference. An amazing line-up of teachers includes LA Times travel editor Catherine Hamm, actor-turned-travel writer Andrew...
by Michael Shapiro | Jul 27, 2011 | Featured, Interviews, Stories, Travel
In 2007 I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Jane Goodall. Excerpts from that interview have appeared O (Oprah’s magazine), The Explorer’s Journal and Earth Island Journal. Here’s the Goodall interview from EIJ, click to read it or see the text...
by Michael Shapiro | Jul 27, 2011 | Interviews, Literature, Stories
David Sedaris is not a rock star. He’s an author, radio contributor, humorist, playwright, and essayist. Yet when he walks onstage Saturday night , October 30, at the Wells Fargo Center, he’ll be greeted with as much effusive enthusiasm as any heartthrob...
by Michael Shapiro | Jul 27, 2011 | Stories
“Trying to interview Dervla Murphy is like trying to open an oyster … with a wet bus ticket.” That line came from the 2010 documentary, Who is Dervla Murphy, about the intrepid Irish travel writer. In 2003, I’d hoped to go to Ireland to interview the...
by Michael Shapiro | Jul 27, 2011 | Books
Guatemala: A Journey Through the Land of the Maya is a photo collection of images by Kraig Lieb with text by Michael Shapiro. A few of the photos were taken by Shapiro, including the image of the young Mayan women carrying the anda (a platform used for parading saints...