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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...
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...
Yosemite with Ansel Adams, Press Democrat (Aug. 2015)

Yosemite with Ansel Adams, Press Democrat (Aug. 2015)

by Michael Shapiro | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog, Interviews, Literature, Stories, Travel

Went to Yosemite in July with my wife to visit a photographer friend who introduced me to Evan Russel, the curator of the Ansel Adams gallery. Our visit with Russel and the gallery became the centerpiece of my story about Yosemite’s 125th anniversary in the...
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

  • Why Time Flies: An inquiry into why time feels like it accelerates as we get older, Saturday Evening Post, Jan-Feb 2025
  • Climber with colon cancer seeks to summit Half Dome to raise awareness for screening, Press Democrat, Aug. 1, 2024
  • Journey Toward Everest: Trekking with the son of Tenzing Norgay to Everest Base Camp, Saturday Evening Post, Jan-Feb 2024
  • Lukas Nelson: Don’t ask him about his famous father, Press Democrat, Feb 2024
  • River Rights Gone Wrong, California water resources a source of conflict, Sierra magazine, Spring 2023
  • Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference, August 14-17, 2025
  • AFAR, June 2022: I Love Debauching People: The Trailblazing Ways of Ireland’s Greatest Travel Writer, Dervla Murphy

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