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Washington Post: Dylan Thomas’s Wales

Washington Post: Dylan Thomas’s Wales

by Michael Shapiro | May 1, 2018 | Blog, Books, Interviews, Literature, Stories, Travel

I’ve long felt a kinship with Wales, perhaps because it’s where one of my favorite writers, Jan Morris, lives. Recently I had the chance to stay overnight and tour Dylan Thomas’s boyhood home in Swansea. Then I visited his other homes in Laugharne...
Portland: A food tour, Virtuoso, April 2018

Portland: A food tour, Virtuoso, April 2018

by Michael Shapiro | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog, Books, Food, Interviews, Stories, Travel

There’s nothing better than an editor asking you to go to a city you love and find the best places for food, wine, beer and chocolate. I traveled there last year, stopped briefly (for 2 hours, which is fast) at Powell’s City of Books, then got to work...
Tuscany tastes better, a food tour with Frances Mayes, Inspirato, Summer 2017

Tuscany tastes better, a food tour with Frances Mayes, Inspirato, Summer 2017

by Michael Shapiro | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog, Books, Food, Interviews, Literature, Stories, Travel

I first interviewed Frances Mayes at her  home in Tuscany in 2003 for my book of interviews with travel writers, A Sense of Place. It was a pleasure to speak with Mayes again in autumn 2016 for a story about the cuisine of this region of Italy, where food appreciation...
Global Soul: Chilean author Isabel Allende at home in SF Bay Area, 2016

Global Soul: Chilean author Isabel Allende at home in SF Bay Area, 2016

by Michael Shapiro | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog, Books, Interviews, Literature, Stories, Travel

Ever since I read The House of the Spirits in the 1980s I’ve adored Isabel Allende. She’s a natural-born storyteller, warm-hearted and insightful with a wicked sense of fun. I had the opportunity to interview her for my 2004 book of interviews with...
Paul Theroux’s Cape Cod, Inspirato, Summer 2015

Paul Theroux’s Cape Cod, Inspirato, Summer 2015

by Michael Shapiro | Aug 9, 2015 | Blog, Books, Interviews, Literature, Stories, Travel

I first interviewed Paul Theroux in 2004 for my book, A Sense of Place, a collection of interviews with the world’s leading travel writers. Though some consider him brusque, blunt and — this irritates him the most — curmudgeonly, I found him to be...
Michael Shapiro among authors featured in Best Travel Writing, appears at Book Passage on March 1, 2015, at 4pm

Michael Shapiro among authors featured in Best Travel Writing, appears at Book Passage on March 1, 2015, at 4pm

by Michael Shapiro | Feb 5, 2014 | Blog, Books, Literature, Past Events, Travel

Michael Shapiro will appear as part of a panel of writers whose work is featured in The Best Travel Writing, Vol. 10, published by Travelers’ Tales. Among the other authors speaking are Jeff Greenwald, Lavinia Spalding and Don George. The executive editor of...
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Michael Shapiro

Recent Posts

  • National Geographic, December 2020: In remote Nepal, new roads bring opportunity and perils
  • National Geographic, November 2020: How the mystique of Wales gave strength to a legendary writer
  • Essay: A Month of Sundays, The Bold Italic, June 11, 2020
  • The Press Democrat, Feb. 20, 2020: Sarah McLachlan reflects on making music and giving back
  • Kauai Garden Island, Jan. 2, 2020: Surviving a Rogue Wave
  • Sierra magazine, June 2020: The Case Against Cruising. Proposed legislation seeks to clean up an environmental pariah
  • The Press Democrat, July 1, 2020: ‘California Rocks’ at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art shows the heyday of rock ’n’ roll

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