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Michael Shapiro will speak about The Creative Spark at Books, Inc. in Mountain View

Michael Shapiro will speak about The Creative Spark at Books, Inc. in Mountain View

by Admin | Jan 21, 2020 | Past Events

Wednesday March 4, 7pm​Books Inc.317 Castro St, Mountain View, CA Michael Shapiro will speak about The Creative Spark at Books, Inc. in Mountain View. During the past decade, Shapiro has interviewed some of our most creative luminaries, including Smokey Robinson,...
Going Public with Personal or Political Work: A Visual and Literary Artist Discussion

Going Public with Personal or Political Work: A Visual and Literary Artist Discussion

by Admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Past Events

December 12, 2019 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM PT Museum of Sonoma County425 Seventh Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 | 707-579-1500 Literary and visual art work can be a natural medium to explore topics that may be controversial, very personal, or just uncomfortable to talk...
Creativity: how do we access it, nurture it, and sustain it?

Creativity: how do we access it, nurture it, and sustain it?

by Admin | Oct 29, 2019 | Past Events

Dec. 2, 2019, 7pm, Left Coast Writers salon Michael Shapiro and Linda Watanabe McFerrin Book Passage bookstore, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, Calif. Creativity: how do we access it, nurture it, and sustain it? This question propelled journalist Michael Shapiro during...
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...
Video: Yellowstone with Tim Cahill

Video: Yellowstone with Tim Cahill

by Michael Shapiro | Sep 6, 2011 | Books, Interviews, Literature, Past Events, Stories

A few years ago a producer asked Tim Cahill and me to record an interview at Yellowstone. Here’s the 10-minute pilot that came from that weekend in the snow.

Aug. 16-21, 2011: Writing seminar with Tim Cahill on Idaho’s Salmon River

by Michael Shapiro | Aug 11, 2011 | Literature, Past Events

Michael Shapiro is co-teaching an on-river adventure writing workshop on one of America’s premier whitewater rivers: The Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. For details, see Idaho River Journey’s site.
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