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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...
BookTV telecast with Jan Morris, Tim Cahill, Isabel Allende and Jeff Greenwald

BookTV telecast with Jan Morris, Tim Cahill, Isabel Allende and Jeff Greenwald

by Michael Shapiro | Aug 15, 2004 | Books, Literature, Past Events, Stories

Shapiro's BookTV panel discussion with Isabel Allende, Tim Cahill, Jan Morris and Jeff Greenwald For the book launch of A Sense of Place, I set up a panel discussion with four of the leading literary lights of our time: Isabel Allende, Tim Cahill, Jan Morris, and Jeff...
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