Michael Shapiro: A Sense of Place
Chris and I can’t make this event, (Damn!) - but we encourage any travel nutters in Portland to goto this even if you can. You won’t be disappointed. I have read about 1/2 the book. Freakin’ superb stuff.
Where, when: Saturday, Nov. 6, 7:30pm, Twenty-Third Avenue Books, Portland OR
Michael Shapiro will discuss his book: A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives and Inspiration and play audio clips of his interviews with 18 of the world’s leading travel writers. Hear segments of interviews with Jan Morris, Peter Matthiessen, Frances Mayes and Isabel Allende, among others. Twenty-Third Avenue Books 1015 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. Other authors interviewed in the book include Bill Bryson, Tim Cahill, Pico Iyer and Simon Winchester.
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